When was Jesus born? When did he die? What was his socioeconomic class? How did he fit in the religious, political and ...

First, the mission of Jesus. He is the Messiah whose coming was anticipated and prophesized throughout the Hebrew Bible, also ...

From the context of Matthew’s calling as one of the Twelve Disciples (Matthew 9:9), it is not surprising that most scholars ...

The gospel of John is dramatically different than the synoptic gospels (Matthew, Mark and Luke ... The gospel of John is a delightful book, full of theological insight and spiritual life.

Father Jean de Dieu Belembaongo, a religious priest of the Order of the Ministers of the Infirm (Camillians), serves as a ...

The word 'church' in common language has many meanings depending on the context. This is the story ...

February 2 marks the Presentation of Jesus in the Temple. St Bede wrote of Christ as the Temple itself A sublime if slightly rubbed illumination stands at the start of the Gospels in the Codex ...

With his boyfriend in a Montreal hospital waiting to receive treatment for a brain tumour, Giovanni Zappacosta-O’Hara, the protagonist of Matthew Fox’s acclaimed novel “This Is It” (Great ...

Because he betrayed Jesus, some scholars have suggested that Iscariot is not Judas’ surname but rather a corruption of the ...

The Sunday lectionary reading for the Third Sunday before Lent in Year C is Luke 6.17–26, this gospel's version of the ...

Many Jewish healers also worked as exorcists and even many Gentiles appreciated their skills. Matthew, Mark and Luke describe Jesus’ work as an exorcist to emphasize his unusual power over even ...