One account, written in the mid-second century or later, and not included in the New Testament, even claimed that Jesus’ crucifixion was not ordered by Pilate. Instead, it blamed Herod Antipas, the ...

How can we sure Jesus existed? Who did he think he was? What were his intentions? A look at what we know about what happened ...

Dismas’ endurance beyond Jesus’ death is what makes him a companion to the long-suffering. He has gone before those for whom, whether by age or chronic illness, every breath is a burden. Dismas is a ...

For me, there are three themes that I draw out of our tradition and that I emphasize in my preaching: solidarity, empathy and ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...

Indiana Wesleyan professor Mike Tapper worried few of his students would be ready to officiate a funeral when they became ...

The early results from a long-awaited excavation of the quarry beneath the Church of the Holy Sepulchre are nothing short of ...

Mass roundups. Raids. Indefinite detentions in concentration camps. Martial law. The erosion of habeas corpus protections.

In a recent conversation with Scripture scholar Luke Timothy Johnson on “Preach: The Catholic Homilies Podcast,” I invited ...

It’s when days like Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday and Easter Sunday are observed, creating a powerful week of ...

P alm Sunday has the stuff that makes children's church programs so fun: palm branches, singing and shouting, a donkey and ...