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, ...

NEW YORK (USATODAY.com) – He had just helped pull three bodies from the rubble when he saw it there in dawn's first light, standing in a sea of debris. A heavenly symbol in a hellish setting. A cross.

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, ...

Symbols are ubiquitous and necessary channels of communication in all societies. We see and recognize perhaps dozens of logos, trademarks, pictures and slogans every day, and instinctively understand ...

There has been a disturbing willingness on the part of some judges in recent years to treat the Christian cross as a symbol that isn’t, well, just Christian. The most high-profile and problematic ...

There was a moment during Supreme Court oral arguments Wednesday in the case involving a cross in the Mojave National Preserve sure to add to Justice Antonin Scalia's reputation as one of the fiercest ...

BOOK PICK: Do we know why an Orthodox cross looks a bit different, or what the St. Peter, St. Benedict and St. Brigid crosses are? Clockwise from upper right: anointing of the sick crucifix, cross of ...

When is a cross not a Christian symbol? When the Supreme Court says it isn’t. Even as Michael Cohen dominated the news on Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments about a 40-foot cross on public ...

PHILADELPHIA – Lawyers for a Pennsylvania County said Friday it should be allowed to keep a cross symbol on its official seal because it represents the county's history, not a religious mandate.

In the pioneer days of the late 1800s, a Black man by the name of William Grandstaff found his way to Glenwood Springs after spending time raising cattle near Moab, Utah. Once established in Glenwood, ...