I have served Him, and He has done me no wrong,” said Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna, in A.D. 156 before climbing onto a pyre where Roman authorities would burn him to death. Eyewitnesses reported the ...

T his is not a great time to be a woman. Plus ça change, as my French sister-in-law might say. Fair point. Yet the evidence ...

For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have ...

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Have you ever felt that someone or something was given short shrift in the Bible? One of my favorite examples in the Bible is ...

Leading his first Easter Sunday Mass as Washington’s new archbishop, Cardinal Robert W. McElroy said the Resurrection of ...

The basic facts of The Gospel (Christ’s death, burial, and even his resurrection) are established as matters of history ...

That first Holy Week swirled with plots and betrayal. Jesus’ inner circle were confused and fearful. It was all spinning out ...

As an out-of-work actor, George Xanthis never imagined that a crowdfunded TV series about the life of Jesus would be his ...

Pope Francis is one among hundreds of popes that have served the Catholic Church, and his death brings about the centuries-old process of choosing the next one.

The subject of numerous controversies, she is defined by ambiguity, welcoming outcasts to the Church and provoking more ...

Passion of the Christ 2 star Jim Caviezel has confessed his fears of returning as Jesus in Mel Gibson's sequel, which book is getting him ready to reprise the Son of God and what language The ...