Many sacred beliefs of our Catholic faith can be traced to the 21 ecumenical councils held since the fourth century.

The odds of the birth of Jesus and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies are beyond human explanation, reinforcing the divine nature of His mission and the truth of God’s Word.

Auxiliary Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of St. Paul and Minneapolis carries the Eucharist in a monstrance during a procession June 19, 2021. (OSV News photo/CNS file, Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) ...

Here are three takeaways from what Finau said about his faith. Finau believes when you’re faced with a big decision that you should pray and fast, but then you have to “move,” he said. “I’ve moved and ...

Biblical scholars place the birth of Jesus sometime between 6 and 4 B.C.E., when Judea and Bethlehem were part of the Roman Empire. In ancient Rome, ...

Recent columns have addressed the background to Jesus’ proclamation of the “kingdom of God.” We’ve looked at the Old Testament, the Maccabean Revolt and popular revolutionary movements in Jesus’ day.

My struggle now, as it was when I was a child, is finding the works that excel without grading on a curve, works that aren’t ...

This summer marks the 10th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court case Obergefell v. Hodges, and it’s an opportunity to ...

Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus, and two don’t mention it. The Gospel of Mark has people of Galilee referring to Jesus as the son of Mary, when the norm was to ...

The story behind the modern iteration of the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus begins on Dec. 27, 1673, at a monastery belonging to the Order of the Visitation of Holy Mary (Visitandines) in ...

The Birth of Jesus Christ, Kim Ki-chang, 1952–53. Born in Seoul to a Christian family, Kim Ki-chang (1914–2001), also known by the artist name Unbo (or Woonbo), came to fame with his ...