Billions of Christians around the world believe that on Easter, Jesus was raised from the dead and taken up to heaven to live with God. They also believe that when they die, their own souls will go to ...

None of us likes thinking about death, but there are times when we have little choice. The virus spreads, hospitals fill, and systems become overwhelmed. Our greatest concerns, personal and national, ...

If the apocalypse does come, less than half of Americans believe they will go to heaven - The Rapture is a belief that Jesus will save true believers from the Earth during the end of the world ...

(Matthew 28:16-20; Mark 16:15-20; Luke 24:50-53; Acts 1:1-11). Jesus proved over 40 days in many and varying ways that he was alive. His Resurrection is the conquest of sin and death. But the work of ...

Heaven is not an eternally dull existence but rather the completion of a journey toward a promised encounter with the Lord, Pope Francis said. Although Christians may know full well that their goal is ...

I have always been fascinated by the accounts of Jesus physically leaving this earth and disappearing in the clouds. Where did he really go? And how far did he go from us? Maybe I am asking, “Where is ...

Sunday, Sept. 10, is the 23rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A). Mass Readings: Ezekiel 33:7-9; Psalms 95:1-2, 6-9; Romans 13:8-10; Matthew 18:15-20 We are used to hearing today’s Gospel from the ...

When Jesus rose from the dead three days after the crucifixion, he appeared for 40 days thereafter to his apostles and many of his other followers in his physical, glorified body. And that glorified ...

The Cambridge Dictionary describes “hell” as: "in some religions, the place where some people are believed to go after death to be punished forever for the bad things they have done during their lives ...

Q. During the 1970s, at least in our part of the country, there were many priests who smoked cigarettes or cigars. Yet some of them were effective in their ministry and obviously loved God greatly.