The weight of the wooden crucifix is 33 kilos, exactly the age of Christ when He offered Himself on the cross to the Father. Fra Innocenzo made an almost skeletal figure.

For his Rosary project, Gilliam worked steadily for almost 20 years. He completed all 20 Mysteries — Joyful, Luminous, Sorrowful and Glorious — cast in bronze and mounted on granite bases.

“This week, it will do good for us all to look to the crucifix, kissing the wounds of Jesus, kissing the crucifix. He has taken upon himself the whole of human suffering,” the Holy Father ...

The capacity for art to transcend the particular circumstances of its creation and reinvigorate timeless themes and symbols is key to “Good Friday: The Suffering Christ in Contemporary Art,” a ...

In 2010, the old wooden crucifix that sat outside Christ the King Catholic Church and School rotted from within and toppled into the fountain below. It was the second wooden crucifix to fail, so it… ...

Through his death on the cross, Jesus has redeemed all human pain, including the suffering caused by the coronavirus pandemic, Fr. Raniero Cantalamessa, OFM Cap., said at the Vatican on Good Friday.