VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis commemorated the Solemnity of the Ascension of Jesus into heaven by reminding the faithful of their duty to be witnesses of the Gospel every day of the week, in all areas ...

DEAR DR. GRAHAM: What happened to Jesus after His resurrection? I know He was with His disciples for several weeks, but is it possible He lived on for a period of some years and maybe even had a ...

Pope Francis is continuing Benedict XVI’s practice of reflecting on the Catholic statement of belief at his weekly general audiences as part of the Year of Faith. Pope Francis holds his first general ...

The Ascension of Jesus should remind Christians of the promise of Heaven and the power of earthly prayer, Pope Benedict XVI said at the Regina Coeli prayer on Sunday. When he ascended into heaven, ...

Acts 1:3 tells us after Jesus rose from the dead He made appearances to many people during 40 days’ time — the Gospels and the book of Acts recount several of these events and Paul also testifies to ...

Photo by Josh Applegate, courtesy of Unsplash. The recent coronation of King Charles III presented a powerful image of the human ideas of enthronement and power. By contrast, this Sunday’s readings ...

Bruce Mitchell is a retired United Methodist pastor living in Greenfield. This weekly column is written by local clergy members. The birth of Jesus has passed. Did you celebrate the birth of a ...

Father Jeffrey Kirby argues that the Church needs to recover the importance of the Feast of the Ascension. (Credit: Stock image.) Listen In the growing secularism of contemporary Western culture, ...

This article is a Cover Story selection, a weekly feature highlighting the top picks from the editors of America Media. It was on Wednesday, Ascension Eve, that I made my way up the long incline of ...

Pope Francis proclaimed "we are never alone" and that Jesus is our defender, as he reflected on the Ascension during his Wednesday general audience. "We are never alone in our lives, we have this ...