July 1 is the annual feast day for Episcopal saint Pauli Murray, the first Black woman to be ordained by the denomination: an affirmation of her many contributions not only to the church, but to ...

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For instance, at almost exactly the time of the birth of Jesus (4-6 B.C.), some Jews became fed up with the Jewish King Herod ...

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

This Sunday’s readings call the faithful to reconsider the most holy body and blood of Christ in light of extreme divisions ...

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge ordained 12 men to the priesthood at the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington June 7.  An ...

Cesar Galan belonged to a violent Los Angeles street gang. Then a shooting changed the way he saw the world and led him to the priesthood.

It’s not often that a group of clergy members recount a high-dose psilocybin trip ... present to supervise the experience. Priest told me that, before he took the blue capsule that Richards ...

This is Dutch artist Gerard van Honthorst’s depiction of Jesus appearing for his trial before High Priest Joseph ben Caiaphas and the Sanhedrin. Van Honthorst lived from 1592-1656. (Courtesy ...

O sweet Jesus, gentle and humble of heart.’ Father Gilliot had baptised missing Emile before his disappearance in the Alps in the summer of 2023, aged just two. The priest was once very close ...

At the request of a group of religion teachers, the Spanish prelate refuted the approach that the priest ... affirm that Jesus’ wisdom comes from his stay in India or Tibet before beginning ...