ROME – The niche of the Apostles, at the site known as Ponticello di San Paolo, first revealed St Paul a year ago. Now he has been joined by Peter, Andrew and John. The fourth-century paintings, the ...

Sept. 20 is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Sept. 23 is the memorial of St. Thecla — special to our family because a daughter took Thecla as her confirmation name. Thecla was an avid reader of ...

Thecla's story is one of many in the Apocryphal Acts which portray women giving up riches and sexual activity to follow the Apostles. She is an aristocratic woman who, despite great opposition, upon ...

The Bible is filled with brave and courageous women. While a few important women are mentioned – such as Mary, the mother of Jesus; and Mary Magdalene, who discovers his empty tomb – no women are the ...

The Bible is filled with brave and courageous women. Deborah, the judge who fought a war to protect her people. The widow Ruth, who wittingly convinces a man to marry her in order to continue the ...

(The Conversation) — The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla. While a few important women are mentioned – such as ...

(THE CONVERSATION) The Bible is filled with brave and courageous women. The stories of these confident women are found in the Hebrew Bible, the sacred text of Judaism, which also forms half of the ...