Tensie, my wife, was reading a book recently called The Changing Faces of Jesus by Geza Vermes, a highly respected biblical scholar and historian. What a ...

As a musician of faith, I have been discovering as I get on in years that the proverbial “Great American Song Book” is much more than a collection of ...

Church of the Beatitudes. ... Known as the eight Beatitudes, they uplift those in society who are the most downtrodden, and are enough to inspire believers and social activists alike.

MOUNT OF BEATITUDES, Israel — The palm tree fronds in the convent garden of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary rustle loudly in the brisk wind of an early spring dust storm ...

The Community of the Beatitudes, which was founded in France and is now present in 27 countries, said Nov. 8 it will establish a multidisciplinary commission of experts to “shed light and shadow ...

Sister Joan challenges us to build a "Beatitudes Movement" that brings people together in small communities of action, resistance and deep faith and reimagine a "new church of the Beatitudes ...

At left, one of the Beatitudes, displayed in a church window; at right, Benedictine Sr. Joan Chittister in 2018 (CNS/Crosiers; NCR photo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) ...

Even in Church services, the recitations of the Lord’s Prayer and the Beatitudes move too quickly. Even though they are beautifully expressed, there is little time for reflection. It is not ...

Many are ones involving the Beatitudes. At first, I did a double take. ... Alberta said churches are becoming embroiled in politics more than before, resulting in a church in crisis.