A wooden cross is silhouetted by the early morning sun at the First Lutheran Church, 1701 19th St., Parkersburg. (Photo by Art Smith) As the faithful gather in church this weekend to celebrate Easter, ...

In his weekly column, Paul Waldman of the American Prospect does a good job of highlighting a bizarre exchange during recent U.S. Supreme Court arguments in which Justice Antonin Scalia seemed unable ...

A member of the military mission that tricked Colombian rebels into freeing 15 hostages wore the insignia of the International Red Cross during the operation, President Alvaro Uribe said Wednesday.

It is truly amazing to me, as a Catholic, that we are turning to the Supreme Court to determine if the cross is a religious symbol (“Supreme Court to decide if cross can be a secular symbol,” Feb. 27) ...

In the time of Jesus, the cross was a tool of torture and execution, a horrific illustration of the cruelty of which mankind is capable. Today, Christians see the cross as a symbol of hope, love and, ...

"Mount Calvary" (a painting by William H. Johnson, ca. 1944/ Smithsonian American Art Museum, Gift of the Harmon Foundation) In the fall, Catholics and some other Christian churches celebrate the ...

SAN DIEGO — For two decades the emotionally volatile issue of the 43-foot cross atop Mt. Soledad has been in the state and federal courts. Nearly all the rounds have been won by plaintiffs who say the ...

A confronting new Australian documentary has compared the Southern Cross symbol to the Nazi Swastika. Filmmaker Warwick Thornton said he could see the similarities between the 'hijacking' of the two ...

ALBION, Calif. — Crosses in hand, the protesters gathered in the predawn gloom along the Mendocino coastline, two dozen rural Californians sickened by the mounting body count of war. Under a cold ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Peter Suciu covers trends in the world of aerospace and defense. An image comparing the cross on the t-shirt of Ukrainian ...