A circle of women who gather for prayer remembers the names of Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and other women witnesses of Christ’s Resurrection, lamenting the...
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The embrace of Saints Peter and Paul depicted in the icon at left found a contemporary echo three years ago when German Bishop Walter Kasper warmly embraced...
St. Paul may be known as the "apostle to the Gentiles," but his high ideals make him an apostle for believers today, too. When you ask Father Jerome...
St. Paul may be known as the "apostle to the Gentiles," but his high ideals make him an apostle for believers today, too. When you ask Father Jerome...
The Jesus movement of the first century was a group of mostly Jewish followers who were of little social importance and who often met in homes—a far cry from...
Far from being a threat to faith, modern science is an invitation to get better acquainted with the force behind the universe. How can you believe in...
The pope’s stance on health care may be hard pill to swallow for opponents of reform. More than 100 million people a year across the world are driven into...
Are our ethics keeping pace with the current genetic revolution? Fifty years ago, when geneticist James Watson and physicist Francis Crick uncovered the...
A year after an earthquake killed more than 230,000, Haiti rebuilds its communities on a strong foundation: the country’s brave and faithful women. To get to...
As a Catholic school kid living in the Bible belt South, I grew up as a religious minority. When I was invited to attend an interfaith conference in Jordan...