The Easter season offers us the opportunity to let ourselves be perplexed and even to doubt as we wait for the good news to ...

Eventually, the Church accepts Gentile believers and promotes the gospel throughout the whole known world (13-28). The apostles, the first bishops of the Church, appoint deacons to assist them (6).

Joining host Ricardo da Silva, S.J., on this episode of “Preach” ahead of the Second Sunday of Easter, Casey Stanton argues that the Acts of the Apostles are “a way to recover something that feels ...

He is called the Apostle of the Gentiles; that is, of all those who were not of the Jewish religion or members of the Church of the Old Law. Q. 441. How did St. Paul become an Apostle? A.

After 40 years of leading the often rebellious, stiff-necked Israelites around the wilderness, the time had come for Moses to ...

For resurrection to occur, it necessitates that something previously existing has to die. For something new to take hold, something previouly loved has to be let go. For Peter, living in the days ...

Although Francis did not change doctrine, he was revolutionary in every other way. The stylistic change was immediately ...

Pope Francis surprised us with his authenticity and courage. For me—and countless others—he represented hope in a world often ...

Ordinary Catholics saw Pope Francis as a compassionate pastor who cared about people, especially the poor and the ...

This essay is the second in a series on hermeneutics or biblical interpretation, as part of a broader examination of how the majority Christian position has often been incorrect when critically ...

Ordinary Catholics saw Pope Francis as a compassionate pastor who cared about people, especially the poor and the ...