I sometimes struggle to relate to Jesus. I’ve never walked on water. I’ve never turned water to wine. I’ve sinned. But there is one thing I consider myself blessed to have in common with Jesus: having ...

“Christ on the Mount of Olives,” by Josef Untersberger. (Credit: Public domain.) Listen The call to prayer requires teaching and encouragement. While we were made by God and for God, and have a ...

The prayer of the Christian is personal and relational. It is not offered to some unknown being or mysterious void. When Christians pray, we pray to someone. It is familial. God has revealed himself ...

In the Lord’s Prayer, Jesus calls his divided followers to pursue unity as the family of God. The church today is divided, polarized by the many social and political factions vying for our attention ...

There is something rather too clever about how the Society of Jesus has handled the case of the now notorious Father Marko Rupnik. It’s Jesuitical actually, and not in the good sense. Late last year, ...

Image on the cover of Gerhard Lohfink’s Jesus of Nazareth: What He Wanted, Who He Was (Liturgical Press) I can vividly remember sitting at my desk at America Media and opening an email from Liturgical ...

March 19 is the Feast of St. Joseph — also known as St. Joseph's Day. The day celebrates the life of St. Joseph, "the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary, foster father of Jesus Christ, and patron of ...

Nicolas Cage is no stranger to unusual roles, but his latest project may be his most controversial yet. The film is inspired by the apocryphal Infancy Gospel of Thomas, and it has sparked heated ...