Religion

Essays explaining our faith, including stories about church teaching, Vatican documents, canon law, liturgical theology, and other Catholic topics.

Why was Jesus baptized?

The baptism of Jesus was more than just a symbolic swim. Today some people think that Jesus had original sin and needed to have it washed away. When we think...

What is 666 in the Bible?

Years ago I worked summers on a farm in Michigan, near a fundamentalist Christian community. I didn’t know much about them other than that you didn’t want to...