Today, Christians see the cross as a symbol of hope, ... • At St. Paul African Methodist Episcopal Church, the altar cross is small, simple and gold-colored, no taller than 18 inches.

Church cross survives deadly California wildfires. California's devastating wildfires may have destroyed roughly 95 percent of Paradise, but one symbol, a cross, was left standing among the ashes ...

The Cross. A Universal Symbol. By Helen Hoffner. Marian Press, 2024. 136 pages; $23.95. To order: ShopMercy.org or (800) 462-7426 As Catholics, we are all familiar with the crucifix.

Symbols have always been a part of rituals, traditions, and even everyday activities. From the simple cross that convent school children are used to drawing in the air during morning prayers, to ...

Today, the cross is the universal symbol of Christianity. It was not always so. In the early centuries after the time of Jesus Christ, there were other symbols: a dove, a ship, an anchor and a lyre.