And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. Matthew 16:18 All Christians revere the Apostle Peter, ...

“You are Petros (Peter) and upon this Petra (rock) I will build my Church.” ...

Jesus said to Peter, “Upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18).” Yet last week they sure as hell put a crack in it, at least in ...

And I say also unto thee, That thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not ...

Sede Vacante, the Latin term meaning “the see being vacant,” is used when the pope—the successor of St. Peter—has passed away. On April 21, 2025, the Holy Father, Pope Francis ...

So here is what we have: Christ declaring that He will build his Church upon Peter, the "rock," and this Church for which Peter is the foundation will be the bulwark against the gates of hell.

When Jorge Bergoglio chose the name Francis upon becoming pope, it was a tribute to his favorite saint. Others took predecessors' or family names.

Today’s reading from Matthew 16 identifies Simon Peter as the rock upon which Christ’s church is to be built. The image appears in a dialogue between Jesus and his disciples.

According to the Gospel of Matthew, Jesus said to the man who'd been known as Simon, "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock, I will build my church." ...

For too long, the church has been complicit in the decline of American values and Biblical principles by allowing their voice to be silenced. Jesus said to Peter, " Upon this rock, I will build my ...

The run-in to the All-Ireland final saw Peter Canavan serve not for the first time as spiritual fulcrum to his team. He spoke afterwards about the decisions regarding how he would be deployed in ...

And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.” Ba-da-boom, ba-da-bing!