The missionary spirit of young people in France is being rekindled by the surprising success of an association that is restoring wayside crucifixes across the country — and attracting considerable ...

Hospital Sisters Health System, a Catholic organization based in Springfield, Ill., is removing all wooden and metal crucifixes from its hospitals' emergency departments and patient rooms. That ...

For nearly 50 years, a large, hand-carved wooden crucifix has graced the wall behind the altar in St. Elizabeth Catholic Church in Gary-New Duluth. Jesus slumps on the cross, his ribs straining ...

The desecration of a 14-foot wooden cross erected last month at a Catholic Father’s Day Retreat in Orange County, California, is just the most recent attack on yet another sacred symbol for Catholics ...

A group of Catholic Church-run hospitals in Illinois and Wisconsin have said they are doing away with crucifixes in a bid to prevent attacks on staff. Hospital Sisters Health System said wooden and ...