“From noon until three in the afternoon darkness came over all the land,” reads one translation of Matthew 27:45 — a Gospel verse describing the surreal skies as Jesus hung on the cros ...

I propose that a particularly relevant image for our time is the helplessness of Jesus on the cross. The cross was not simply torture, humiliation and shame; it was also total and abject helplessness.

Hundreds of Catholic faithful gathered at Dinajpur Cathedral to take part in the annual "Way of the Cross," a solemn reenactment of Jesus Christ's final journey to Calvary. This sacred ceremony ...