On Judgment Day, "we will not be able to depend on titles, credits nor privileges. The Lord will recognize us if we in turn will have recognized Him in the poor, the hungry, the indigent and ...

Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was a revered teacher and healer and mystic. But, in addition to being all that, Jesus was something of a jokester. If you don’t think so, consider the parable that ...

When I was a graduate student at Duke, my professors David Steinmetz and Roland Murphy were blazing a new trail into the history of the interpretation of scripture, hacking away at the conceit that ...

In his Lenten message, St. Catharines Bishop Gerard Bergie urges the faithful to “live the beatitudes” daily.

VATICAN CITY — The eight beatitudes proclaimed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount reveal the path from selfishness to holiness, Pope Francis said at his general audience Wednesday. Speaking via ...

The Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles have enjoyed something of a resurgence in recent New Testament research. One of the ongoing challenges raised by Luke-Acts is discerning the ...

While writing the article about The Doxology, for some reason I thought about The Beatitudes. I don’t think I’ve written about these before. Strangers often ask where my stories come from and I can ...

I once heard a story that used to make me laugh. "Computers are so powerful that pretty soon the country will be run by one computer, one man, and a dog," the teller says. "Really?" says the hearer.

‘Chris, I brought you some of the material. I thought you might want to….” “No,” I said, cutting off my sister, Liz. “I don’t want to pre-read any of the material. It’s my weekend—I’m not working.” ...