discussion with Peter over a fish breakfast. John weaves a couple helpful threads into his gospel which help the ... water and world suffuse the text providing rich food for meditation.

The second phase of the Synod of Bishops on synodality concluded October 27 with Mass at St. Peter's Basilica. In his homily, Pope Francis called on the church to not remain ‘seated’ in the face of ...

Because of its rich theological content, Matthew was used as the primary catechetical text in the early Church and was the gospel most quoted by the fathers. It presents a holistic and systematic ...

Spanning jazz, country, hip-hop and soul music, the best gospel songs of all time prove that the spirit can move you, no matter what your tastes. Elvis Presley, himself a fine gospel performer ...

It means taking seriously the originality – in the sense of being rooted in the origin – of being Church: a community in ...

The end of the Synod was marked with a Mass in the Vatican basilica. The Chair of Saint Peter was exposed, a sign of Church ...

After almost a month in Rome, Bishop Nicholas Hudson offers this concluding reflection on the second session of the XVI ...

Reading the Gospel was, on the one hand, narratively gripping in a way that he hadn’t expected, supposing an ancient religious text would be ... intend to rescue Peter from drowning, but also ...

Gospel of 25 October 2024 Luke 12:54-59 Jesus said to the crowds: 'When you see a cloud looming up in the west you say at once that rain is coming, and so it does. And when the wind is from the south ...

The text was discovered 12 years ago in an anti-smuggling sting in Turkey, and Iranian news outlet Basij claims it says Jesus was never crucified and that he was not the Son of God. The paper also ...

It is in Luke’s Gospel that we read the parable of the Good Samaritan, a foreigner who treats his enemy as his dearest friend. We read the Prodigal Son, and weep as the father runs out to meet ...

When questioned by a servant girl, Peter responded with fear, swearing he did not know Jesus (Mark 14:71). But after Pentecost, Peter was a faithful witness: he preached the gospel with courage, ...