For nearly 50 years, a large, hand-carved wooden crucifix has graced the wall behind the altar in St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Gary-New Duluth. Jesus slumps on the cross, his ribs straining ...

Hospital Sisters Health System, a Catholic organization based in Springfield, Ill., is removing all wooden and metal crucifixes from its hospitals’ emergency departments and patient rooms. That ...

Lisa Tuszkiewicz’s fifth-grade students at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in Medina, Minnesota, have a long road of discernment before they enter their vocations as adults. But praying with a ...

When I was in grad school, a professor once had my class on ancient Rome read a letter from a young nobleman to his parents, in which he breathlessly described the connections he was making in high ...

The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Italian public schools can continue to display crucifixes in classrooms, providing a final resolution to a case that had sparked concern about ...

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