Believers experience the Feast of Trumpets as solemn yet hopeful. Leviticus 23:23-25 commands a day of rest with trumpet ...
This week on "The Nonviolent Jesus Podcast," John Dear welcomes teacher and organizer Terrence Rynne, author of two important books, Jesus Christ, Peacemaker, and Gandhi and Jesus. Rynne is a former ...
According to tradition, the author, Mark is not an apostle himself. Not one of the original disciples, but rather the follower of one of them. Traditionally, he's supposed to be the disciple of Peter ...
Sunday, March 9, is the First Sunday of Lent. Mass readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10; Psalm 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Romans 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13. As Lent begins, we are asked to consider some of ...
Jesus and the Jubilee, written by biblical scholar John Bergsma, is a well-timed book coinciding with the start of the 2025 Jubilee on the theme of hope. The new Jubilee is a yearlong season of ...
For nearly seven decades, Elaine Pagels has wrestled with the question: “Why religion?” At age 15, she found herself among thousands in Candlestick Park, electrified by the words of evangelist Billy ...
Mr. Wehner, a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum, is a contributing Opinion writer. He attends McLean Presbyterian Church in McLean, Va. Rowan Williams is among the most important religious thinkers ...
Listen During his General Audience, Pope Leo XIV spoke about the importance of forgiveness in the lives of people, looking at the story of Judas Iscariot’s betrayal of Jesus. “How many relationships ...
These churchgoers caught quite a sight. Earlier this month, one eagle-eyed individual spotted a cloud formation in the shape of Jesus Christ above the Basilica Minore of Our Lady of Peñafrancia in ...
The gift of the Eucharist helps us to become the body of Christ for others, Pope Francis said in a video message sent to the 2024 International Eucharistic Congress in Quito, Ecuador, on Sunday. The ...
Why one evangelical Bible scholar thinks the answer might be no. The Bible doesn’t describe Jesus being nailed to a cross. Telling the story of Christ’s death, Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John simply say ...
It wasn’t just the heavens weeping. A jaw-dropping discovery by NASA may lend cosmic credibility to one of the Bible’s most dramatic moments — the crucifixion of Jesus Christ — and the spooky sky show ...