Pope Leo XIV encouraged young people to "love and serve freely, in everyday life," during a July 28 audience at the Vatican.

Solemnity of Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe November 24, 2019 2 Samuel 5:1-3 Psalms 122 Colossians 1:12-20 Luke 23:35-43 ...

The two sides of Christ’s face are not the same, and the differences were meant to demonstrate his human nature and his divinity. Although different, both were truly joined in one body.

These two images, along with other similar relics, have formed the basis of iconic traditions about the “true image” of Christ. Antonello da Messina (Antonello di Giovanni d’Antonio), Christ ...

The Shroud of Turin. Credit: Sonovision “You can see there is a lot of blood, a lot of bruises — it’s something very, very hard, and you see that Jesus Christ suffered a lot for us,” he said.

Theodore argued that this should be the case for Christ’s disciples in any age: The disciple who wishes to know Christ must come to know him personally. Our fixed images of Jesus may be out of date.

The earliest images of Jesus Christ emerged in the first through third centuries A.D., amidst concerns about idolatry.