Editor’s Note: The Seven Last Words, taped at EWTN April 11, will be broadcast on Good Friday at 5 p.m. Eastern, hosted by Father Raymond J. de Souza. On Good Friday, Catholics keep the custom of the ...

VATICAN CITY (EWTN News/CNA)—Pope Benedict XVI said Sept. 14 that Christians should continue to call upon God even in times of trial, when he may seem distant. “The shadow of the cross gives way to ...

I now preside at the same altar I frequented as a child. Such stability seems excessive, but the deepest truths dawn ever so slowly. Rootedness can be a great revealer. Over this altar, in gold, ...

What is the meaning of the cross? Illinois pastor Pritchard examines its significance from seven perspectives: what it meant to God, to Jesus, to Satan, to the world, to the church, for human sin and ...

Twentieth century theologian P.T. Forsyth’s work reminds Christians today to put the cross before and the world behind. I love the church, but I can’t say I always understand or even like it. And in ...