Cardinal William Goh of Singapore encouraged Catholic educators to confidently introduce young people to Jesus, assuring them that doing so would provide students with passion, purpose, and meaning in ...

Jesus did not let cultural or religious taboos stand in his way. He breaks through such petty barriers to restore our life. Jesus knocks down walls that seem as unbreachable as death. Nothing stops ...

One of the most popular depictions in Christian art is Jesus as the Good Shepherd. The earliest Christians had a fondness for connecting Psalm 23 with their prayers for the dead and their hope for ...

Patricia Ann Labuda, a longtime Rockville, Maryland resident and member of St. Francis of Assisi Parish in Derwood who ...

Peter in John 21. The imagery in John 21 is different. Jesus is not referred to as King but as the Good Shepherd. In John 10:16 Jesus speaks of "one flock and one shepherd." From the text it is ...

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An incoming winter storm offers the potential for accumulating ice throughout central Pennsylvania early Thursday morning. A ...

Did Jesus love the adulteress and the prostitute? Absolutely. There are two remarkable stories showing how Jesus cared for all types of people. The religious folks called the Pharisees in the time of ...

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Proverbs 11:13 warns: “A gossip betrays a confidence, but a trustworthy person keeps a secret.” This malpractice has led many Christians to spiritual despair and estrangement from the church. This new ...

The unquenchable fires in Los Angeles, heartbreaking school shootings — and now, yet another tragedy has struck. All 67 lives ...

Instead of organizing historical events into a chronology, John presents Jesus in all of his theological grandeur. He gives us fewer stories than the other gospels, but those he does present are ...