VATICAN CITY — Meditating on the Gospel and on Christ’s holy face is a good way to know Jesus better, especially as the Lamb of God who sacrificed himself for the sins of the world, Pope Francis said ...

Did St. John Paul II call implicitly for a Millennium of the Holy Face? In the very opening paragraph of his Apostolic Letter On the Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, he states: “With the Rosary, the ...

Archbishop Georg Gänswein said on Sunday that the image known as the Holy Face of Manoppello conveys the "incomparable news" of Christ's resurrection. The Prefect of the Papal Household made the ...

Do you have a favorite picture of Jesus? For some 40 years, in my breviary, I’ve carried a close-up of Christ’s face. It is from a crucifixion scene of Fra Angelico. The pre-Raphaelites are my ...

This image of the face of Christ is a variant of the “Veronica” icon type, a traditional image popular in the Middle Ages which presents the face of Christ as a kind of image relic. Throughout the ...

The Holy Face of Manoppello is pictured on display at the shrine in Manoppello, Italy, Jan. 11. Devotees believe that the almost transparent cloth was one of the burial shrouds that covered the face ...

As Christians prepare for the Lenten season that begins Wednesday, Holy Cross Catholic Church in Batavia hosted a visit by a holy relic. Vicki Schreiner of Oklahoma City came to Holy Cross Feb. 21 to ...

WAPAKONETA — Four Auglaize and Shelby County Catholic parishes are merging in July. The Petersburg Parishes, which include St. Joseph Church in Wapakoneta, Immaculate Conception and St. Lawrence ...

In recent days, Russian Orthodox Christians have celebrated the feast of the image of Christ Nerukotvornyj, meaning “not made by human hands”, which reproduces the Holy Face of the Shroud, the ...

It was a special evening at Guardian Angel Parish in Oran on Thursday, March 14. Friends of Father Joseph Kelly, Stan & Janet Schwent of Bloomsdale, brought the Holy Face of Jesus Relic to Oran for ...

Meditating on the Gospel and on Christ's holy face is a good way to know Jesus better, especially as the Lamb of God who sacrificed himself for the sins of the world, Pope Francis said Sunday.