The earliest followers of Jesus were not persecuted; they were prosecuted. This is the crucial point Jeremy Williams makes in Criminalization in Acts of the Apostles. While the distinction sounds ...

Acts begins with a recapitulation of Jesus' ascension mentioned at the end of Luke. Jesus tells the apostles that they will bring his message to Jerusalem , Judea and Samaria , and to the ends of ...

This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church.

Paul is an example of how people are to be saved in the new covenant, as he expresses in 1 Timothy 1:16. With that in mind we should examine Paul’s ...

Peter is then told to put on his cloak. The robe in Scripture is often equated with righteousness. Thus the instruction of ...

Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr. ordained nine new permanent deacons for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of ...

St. Augustine reminds us that Peter and Paul represent the unity of the Church. On his Solemnity, the Church also invites us ...

Ours isn’t the first time when political opponents are labeled demonic, says scholar and author Michael E. Heyes.

Eric Rudolph hid in the North Carolina wilderness for years after he bombed Centennial Olympic Park, a gay nightclub, and two ...

In this month dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus, as I file away a meditation for a most ancient novena for the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, I prepare for June 27, the last Friday of the ...

Peter and John went up together to the temple at the hour of prayer, the ninth hour. And a certain man lame from his mother’s ...

BAYFIELD, Wis. - The U.S. Department of Interior has posted signs around the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore seeking reports from visitors of any ...