Mary, the mother of Jesus, is unquestionably the senior saint within the Christian tradition. Yet we know remarkably little ...

Every Christmas season, as in every Easter season, I retreat from bread and butter life, including revelry, to retreat as ...

The liturgical year presents to us the arch of the mystery of Jesus Christ, the Savior of the world. At the close of this year, it is fitting that we go back to the very beginning, not just of his ...

Christians believe that Jesus "died for our sins." To my mind, that is nonsense. Jesus died because of the sins of the people of his time, not for the sins of the people of all time. Even so, given ...

Pope Francis marked the day after Christmas by noting Christians are still being persecuted for their faith, as the Church ...

When Jesus ascended, the angel told the witnesses, "[Jesus] will come back in the same way you have seen him go into heaven" (Acts 1:11). Paul referred to "the appearing of our Lord Jesus Christ ...

Kristof: So let’s go back to the Nativity. Of the four Gospels, two describe the virgin birth of Jesus and two don’t mention ...

We are in the season of Advent. Advent leads us to the beautiful culmination of Christmas, where we celebrate the incarnation ...

Let us be our brothers’ and sisters’ keepers as directed by the Bible. We should generously care for and give to the poor as ...