Biblical teaching generally pushes Christians to advocate for submission to authorities, whether in politics or in the church ...

The nonprofit behind the “He Gets Us” Super Bowl ad campaign is tied to the billionaire Hobby Lobby family — and registered ...

Let’s assume, as most scholars do, that Jesus H Christ was an influential Jewish preacher born in the Eastern Mediterranean ...

It is winter, and especially last week when the Polar Vortex came, there is more time spent inside, offering the opportunity for extra reading, for those not already inclined. For the last 20 years or ...

Steve has been going through chemo. Again. He was at church last week. “How are you doing?” I asked, knowing it had been a ...

The matter right now is not just the global backlash against refugees but the glee with which some anti-refugee figures ...

The Qur’an contains 99 Arabic names (attributes or character traits) for the multifaceted essence of the one God, but not one of them connects the one God with one people, while one of the dozens of ...

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Nicodemus, a Pharisee who came to Jesus at night, sought deeper understanding of the Kingdom of God. His story offers lessons ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

Every one of us have seen or worn those famous bracelets … What Would Jesus Do? How many of us, though, ask ourselves … What Would Jesus Do? … when it comes to making life-changing decisions? The ...

Sunday, Feb. 2, is the feast of the Presentation of the Lord. Mass readings: Malachi 3:1-4; Psalm 24:7, 8, 9, 10; Hebrews ...