Also, every Catholic home should have a crucifix. We routinely and reverently make the Sign of the Cross when we bless ourselves. The new book The Cross: A Universal Symbol answers all these queri ...

I’m sure the kids at Bergen Catholic heard it even more than ... “Then there’s the crazy thing of the Jerusalem Cross being some sort of symbol of white supremacy,” he continued.

Since then, it has become a widely celebrated symbol of Catholics ... similar origins with the Jerusalem Cross, serving as the motto for the crusading Catholic knights fighting to reclaim ...

Missing context. In the context of the Catholic Church, the inverted cross is a reference to the crucifixion of Saint Peter, who is considered the first pontiff.

(Domenico Stinellis / AP) VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV, history’s first American pope, vowed Sunday to work for unity so that the Catholic Church becomes a symbol of peace in the world ...

embraced by the Catholic Church and other Christian denominations as a historic symbol of religious faith and service. The ...