Far from being a moment of loss, the Ascension opens up a joyful reality: Christ is closer than ever, not limited by space or time. Artus Wolffort (1581-1641), “The Ascension of Jesus Christ ...

Shifting Ascension Day and Epiphany to weekends would save hundreds of millions of euros, according to the Federation of ...

If you have ever wondered why we celebrate the Ascension of Jesus, his departure from us, consider this scene, earlier in Aimee’s career, when she was preaching a 1920 revival in Dayton, Ohio.

The first reading text from Acts says: ... As they were looking on, Jesus was lifted up and a cloud took him from their sight. ... They were looking intently in the sky as he was going.

Jesus' ascension into heaven is depicted in a fresco in the cloister of the Dominican friars' convent next to the Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome April 18, 2024.

Back in 1985, the future Pope Benedict XVI gave a radio address in which he focused on the “delightfully naive pictures” of the Ascension in which the disciples are looking upward as Jesus is ...

This scrupulously reported book traces how one of the world’s largest companies “bound its future” to China. By 2015, Apple ...

Slatington Baptist Church recently celebrated the 125th anniversary of its historic West Church Street building with a ...

At times, the Bible speaks about those “itching ears” as wanting heresy or the justification of sin. At other times, the ...

It is important to remember and to reflect on the fact that whether we are Christian or Islam, Hindu or Sikh, Buddhist or ...