After Jesus was crucified on Good Friday, did he “Descend into Hell,” as millions of Christians recite during weekly church services in The Apostles’ Creed? Nearly 2,000 years of Christian ...

Growing up, I was the youngest of five siblings—three boys, two girls. My brother, Kenny, five years my senior, was an ...

The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

What is Good Friday? According to the Christian faith, Jesus was arrested and put on trial for claiming to be the Son of God. Roman authorities sentenced him to death by crucifixion.

On Holy Thursday, Jesus celebrated the Last Supper, prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane, and was arrested. On Good Friday, Jesus was sentenced to death, crucified and died on the cross.

The Rev Skip Heitzig, senior pastor of Calvary Church in Albuquerque, New Mexico, delivered a passionate call for ...

Archeologists believe they found the Jesus' Holy Grail cup underneath the Jordanian Treasury, the incredible building used as the temple in the Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, in an "awesome ...

On the feast day of saints Peter and Paul, Father Gabriel Bakkar meditated on the question Christ posed to the apostles, “Who do you say that I am?” Peter says ...

Palm Sunday, the first celebration observed during Holy Week, honors Jesus Christ's last days on earth. Here's what to know about it.

The Church remembers Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus in a spiritual and sacramental way during Holy Week and the Easter Triduum, but some people actually experience the ...

I believe in Jesus Christ, God’s only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died, and was buried; he ...