“O blood and water, which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fountain of mercy for us, we trust in you.” Last Sunday’s Gospels left us at the empty tomb — the Gospel for the Easter Vigil ...

Growing up in my Presbyterian youth group, we read about the Bible’s centurions with the assumption that they’re the antagonists. They help arrest Jesus, nail his hands and feet to the cross, mock him ...

(RNS) Steven Maines stared at the Stations of the Cross and silently wondered about the soldier who pierced Jesus’ side with a spear? The 50-year-old stuntman and writer was sitting in a Catholic ...

An ancient text claims to reveal the name of the soldier who pierced Jesus with a spearing, delivinger the final death blow as he hung on the cross. The Gospel of Nicodemus, also known as the Acts of ...