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While women religious may be vocal and courageous about the violence and injustice others face, they often remain silent and ...

Keep, O Lord, your household the Church in your steadfast faith and love, that through your grace we may proclaim your truth ...

From the Gospel according to John 19:19-20: Pilate also wrote a title and put it on the Cross; it read, "Jesus of Nazareth ... That is, "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?" ...

“Thus, the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest ‘how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power’” (CCC, 486). You could say that in the Old ...

By Dr. Evelyn Uddin-Khan Earlier this year, two world leaders — with personal criminal records — announced that they would take over Gaza and turn it into a “Riviera” on the Mediterranean Coast.

Texas megachurch pastor Josh Howerton is dishing out advice about how President Donald Trump’s immigration policies are ...

The Rev. Joe Hannappel had to step up to the plate when he arrived at large, vibrant St. James Catholic Church in 2009. He ...

In fact, the murder of Jesus was a conspiracy involving Rome, Herod, the Jewish leaders and the people of Israel, a diverse ...

More than 20,000 pilgrims are expected to take part in the procession on the Solemnity of Corpus Christi in ...

It is quite common for people to make observations about the role or meaning of the Holy Spirit based on aspects of the ...

The man with the world s highest IQ has proclaimed that Jesus Christ is God, building on his previous contention that belief ...