By God's goodness and compassion, the doors of His kingdom have been opened to all who have faith, Jew or Gentile. That's the ...

This Sunday’s second reading from Revelation resolves the tension raised in last Sunday’s reading about the gap between ...

Israel's mission -- to be God's instrument of salvation to the ends of the earth (see Isaiah 49:6) -- is fulfilled in the Church. By the ...

Like most people, Msgr. Joseph Prior watched the election of Pope Leo XIV with great interest. He noted how the people in Rome represented the diversity of the universal Church, a theme reflected in ...

Jesus appointed exactly 12 apostles to symbolize a new Israel, but others like Paul and Barnabas also claimed the title. Calling people apostles indicated that Christ had empowered them to spread ...

The bells of St. Patrick’s Catholic Church rang out around 1:30 p.m. Thursday in celebration of Catholicism’s new leader – American-born Cardinal Robert Prevost – who chose the name ...

The Bible is the subject of countless head-scratching mysteries. For centuries, religious and secular scholars alike have ...

Elsewhere St. Paul told the Corinthians to contribute ... is witnessed by the Bible and in the writings of the Apostles, St. Barnabas (c. 100 A.D.), St. Ignatius (107 A.D.), also St. Justin ...