Along with ceremonial stone vessels and a striking absence ... the shrine that houses the reputed tomb of Jesus. Now, during Easter week, I return to see it in all its soot-scrubbed, reinforced ...

The enormous stone was rolled away ... “From these details concerning the empty tomb one deduces that Jesus’ body must have risen in a heavenly manner, that is, in a way which transcended ...

Whether due to natural disasters or thanks to the destructive tendencies of mankind, these iconic cultural touchstones no ...

and he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb, and departed. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre. Lord Jesus Christ, in your burial you have taken on ...

Remember the case of the Israelites in the land of Egypt; they were afflicted for 430 years, but the very day God remembered them, He set them free. Today, God has remembered that ugly situation you ...

This recent discovery in the City of David could shine a light on this important part of the Bible that could actually be ...

It is the smell of burning candles and incense floating with the gentle breeze that greets you as you slowly climb the stone ...

The Vatican introduced Luce at a comics convention in Italy, with the goal of engaging young people and speaking about the theme of hope. Designed by Simone Legno, the mascot with big blue eyes and ...

such as a stone from the Holy Land, water from a well, or even a piece of cloth or a statue that touched Christ’s tomb. A sixth-century painted box now in the Vatican contains bits of soil and ...

Jesus Christ — the king of kings — would be executed, nailed to a tree, and buried in a cave. While the Amorite kings suffered a permanent death, Christ was resurrected, rolled back the stone ...

Initially, it was an ancient quarry, as evidenced by deep rock cuts and extracted stone blocks ... led an excavation that uncovered a rock-cut tomb. The bishop identified this as the burial site of ...