On Sept. 25, 2021, St. John Nepomucene Church in Pilsen, Kansas, welcomed home its native son, Father Emil Kapaun, who died a martyr on May 23, 1951, in Chinese prison camp No. 5 in North Korea.

It seems that there are many contenders for the honor of the “last Father of the Church.” One easy solution might be to draw the line after two of the most famous Fathers, St. Augustine and St ...

In ecumenical discussions at the Lambeth Conference in Canterbury, England, Justin Welby, archbishop of Canterbury, has said that most Anglicans recognize the pope as “the father of the Church ...

Though he has long been considered an early Church father, Pope Francis named him the 27th doctor of the Church in 2022, more than 1,800 years after his death, naming him “Doctor Unitatis,” or ...

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The booming popularity of this church can be traced to one man: Father Richard Martin, Nativity’s pastor since 1996, a man who inspired thousands with not only his words but his actions as well.

To understand the relationship between Christians and Jews, it is crucial to survey some of the Church Fathers to understand how their early exegetical deviation paved the way for modern anti ...

Jones writes engagingly, explaining the Didache’s meaning and importance while also introducing a surprising interlocutor called “Trucker Frank,” a Missouri truck driver whose house church ...

After a similar gathering at the Vatican a year earlier, members were to focus this session on “How to be a missionary synodal Church.” Father Radcliffe told participants that with its focus ...