Philip Shenon’s “Jesus Wept” looks at the church since World War II, with particular focus on the clerical abuse crisis and ...

Rev. Rick Warren, Evangelical best-selling author, and former mega-pastor, has stirred up controversy with a now-deleted X ...

In the Beatitudes, Jesus turns the popular meaning of 'blessed' on its head.

Unfortunately, this leads to the notion that “my religion is truer than your religion,” giving energy to the kind of ...

We must recognize that reaching the LGBT community, like any other group, is ultimately a work of the Holy Spirit ...

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The Odessa American is the leading source of local news, information, entertainment and sports for the Permian Basin.

Six young people who lived with deep faith and committed their lives to the Church that Jesus founded are on their way to ...

The Bible is not known for being a humorous book. Yet, it often speaks about laughter. What does it say? And why do we never ...

The Bible says, in the beginning the Earth was wild and empty. In Hebrew it is called Tohuwabohu, utter chaos. So God turned ...

Why did Jesus tell people to make offerings in the Temple? Why did Paul call himself a Pharisee? The Bible’s answer might surprise you.

Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation on the call to holiness in today’s world is entitled Gaudete et Exsultate—“Rejoice and leap for joy” (Lk 6:23)—taken from Jesus’ proclamation of the Beatitudes.