The Stations of the Cross, also called the "Way of the Cross," or "Via Crucis," refers to the devotional prayer practice that commemorates the events leading up to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. The ...

Christians gathered outside a prayer garden at St. Peter’s Catholic Church on Friday to recall Jesus’ journey to the cross. While unseasonably cold weather led some inside for the Good Friday ...

EWTN “My Jesus, it was not Pilate, no, it was my sins that condemned you to die.” St. Alphonsus Liguori (1696-1787) composed the meditations for these beloved Way of the Cross. EWTN Marion Mulhall of ...

Begun as a Catholic tradition, the Stations of the Cross, also known as the Way of the Cross, allows Christians around the world to meditate on the 14 stations of the cross. It is a tradition that is ...

Walking the Via Dolorosa, the “Way of Suffering,” was a life-changing experience for me. It was daybreak, and Jerusalem’s Old City was still and silent as we made our way through the narrow stone ...

Veronica wipes the face of Jesus in this representation of the sixth Station of Cross at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in southwestern France. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Over the last three years, I ...

Praying the 14 Stations of the Cross is a devotion of hope. It's about walking a spiritual journey with Jesus Christ on His last day on Earth. "It is actually called the Way of the Cross, so we're ...

The Lenten season is upon Catholics. To mark the beginning of the Lenten season, or the 40-day period prior to Easter, Catholic Cemeteries of Long Island held a Stations of the Cross prayer service in ...

Hundreds gathered at Holy Rood Cemetery in Westbury for an annual Good Friday prayer service. The ceremony included a mile-and-a-half walk featuring 14 stone-carved Stations of the Cross, ...

Catholic parishioners commemorated one of their holiest days of the year with a mini-pilgrimage in Westbury on Friday. Well over 100 people attended the annual Stations of the Cross prayer service, ...

Jody Roy remembers hearing how her aunt was removed from the family home as a child and taken to a Jesuit-run residential school years ago. The girl's long hair was cut, Native clothing discarded and ...

A man in Kyiv, Ukraine, mourns his mother, who was killed when an intercepted missile hit a residential building March 17, 2022, during Russia's continued invasion of Ukraine. (CNS photo/Thomas Peter, ...