Crucifixion remains a familiar idea, even though it’s a punishment from the distant past. It’s so familiar that we no longer consider of the physical realities of it. Those realities are some of the ...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. -- Crucifixion: The act of putting to death by nailing or binding the hands and feet to a cross. This brutal method of execution that has become synonymous with torture is the ...

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I’ve had more than one Catholic who grew up either before or on the cusp of Vatican II tell me horror stories of how they were taught that Jesus died because of their sins. This was a particularly ...

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It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show ...

The Romans practiced crucifixion - literally, "fixed to a cross" - for nearly a millennium. It was a public, painful, and slow form of execution, and used as a way to deter future crimes and humiliate ...

Geologists have identified evidence of an earthquake in the Dead Sea region that appears to correspond with the historical timeframe of Jesus’ crucifixion, possibly offering the first geological ...

Geologists say Jesus, as described in the New Testament, was most likely crucified on Friday, April 3, in the year 33. The latest investigation, reported in International Geology Review, focused on ...

A painting depicting Jesus’ crucifixion rendered by Baroque master Peter Paul Rubens sold for nearly $3 million at an auction in Versailles Sunday after it was hidden for nearly four centuries. The ...