On Good Friday, Louisa Christian Church (LCC) sponsored its first “Carrying the Cross Together” event. Community members started walking through the Town of Louisa together at 7:30 a.m., and ...

Most people drive past Reedy Branch Original Free Will Baptist Church while hardly noticing the white cross atop the steeple. But on Good Friday, church members set out to carry the cross into ...

Several people who carried the cross in Good Friday procession tell what it meant to them.

Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered April 18 at Dinajpur Cathedral in Bangladesh to take part in the annual Way of the Cross, organized and performed by the youth of the parish to commemorate ...

This act symbolizes Christ’s suffering, sacrifice and triumph over death. “When one bearer grows weary, another steps in, evoking the biblical moment when Simon of Cyrene helped Jesus carry the Cross, ...

In his written homily, Pope Francis reflected on Simon of Cyrene, the man forced by Roman soldiers to carry the cross behind Jesus.

In his written homily, Pope Francis reflected on Simon of Cyrene, the man forced by Roman soldiers to carry the cross behind Jesus. Simon, the pope said, did not speak but simply acted, and in doing ...

Pope reflects on Simon of Cyrene in Palm Sunday homily In his written homily, Pope Francis reflected on Simon of Cyrene, the man forced by Roman soldiers to carry the cross behind Jesus. Simon, the ...

VATICAN CITY — Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering — it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week.

Carrying the cross means more than bearing personal suffering – it means stepping into the pain of others and walking beside them, Pope Francis wrote at the start of Holy Week. “To carry the cross of ...