Pope Francis leaves the parish of Serafina at the end of a meeting with represenatitves of some aid and charity centers ahead of Sunday’s 37th World Youth Day in Lisbon on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

VATICAN CITY — On the Solemnity of Christ the King, Pope Francis said Jesus, through his death on the cross, opened his arms to embrace all people and everything about them, including their death, ...

Pope Francis kisses a crucifix during the Good Friday Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican April 7, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In a service Friday ...

(RNS) — In recent decades, some Christians have moved away from the theory of penal substitutionary atonement, which summons up the idea of an angry God who needs to be appeased. (RNS) — When he ...

Before Jesus could rise, he first had to die. And ever since, Christians the world over, including across Los Angeles County, have marked the day Jesus suffered and died on the cross — known as Good ...

An old hymn asks the following questions: "Why did He go to Calvary? Why was His life's blood shed for me?" The song’s chorus says that He loves us, and that is the reason that Jesus suffered on the ...

I think the main reasons are given in First Peter chapter 1 verses 18 through 20. Let's discover, together, the answer to the question, “Why did Jesus go to the cross?” First, there was a plan to ...