An ecclesiastical holy year is meant to have an influence, to give added meaning, to everything the Church does over the course of that year. The Jubilee of Hope is, therefore, like a fresh set of win ...

Palm Sunday is fast approaching. Between it and Easter, Jesus is asked several times if he was the Messiah? In Luke 7:18-23, two disciples of John the Baptist come to ...

COMMENTARY: The deacon’s reverent presence at the altar invites us to rediscover the mystery, humility and mission at the ...

In Hebrews 5:10, St. Paul wrote that God designated Christ as high priest after the order of Melchizedek ... he who eats My Flesh and drinks My Blood has eternal life, and I will raise him ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf ... the power which they have received to carry on the work of Christ in a world which needs them so much. Be their comfort ...

Two women religious were murdered March 31 by armed gangs in the city of Mirebalais, Haiti, as long-standing violence ...

Ironically, it’s precisely the raising of Lazarus to life that seals Jesus’ death. On hearing of it, the panicked Pharisees take the chillingly pragmatic and essentially amoral advice of Caiaphas, the ...

The news that Dragoslav Bokan is set to give a lecture at the Serbian House in Podgorica on the broad, rhetorical theme “Will the Serbian People Survive?” ...

The new shepherd of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati April 3 tied a story of learning to swim as a boy, "attempting to float but ...

“We often fantasize about our inner life,” said Father Arnaud Montoux, a theologian and priest of the Diocese ... up saying that she still loves him. Christ then says to her: “Because ...

priests, and deacons, who see themselves as servants of a communion constantly being rebuilt around Christ. Further reading: Pope Francis' environmental legacy, pollution, and pediatrics A reality ...

Akal Takht officiating Jathedar Kuldeep Singh Gargaj has called a meeting of five Sikh high priests on Tuesday, amid a row over the Shiromani Akali Dal membership drive. Coinciding with it ...