With thousands of faithful gathered in St. Peter’s Square for the Sunday Angelus, Pope Benedict XVI focused his address on Sunday’s Mass reading from the Gospel of St. Mark. While creation is ...

“In the beginning, God created the Heavens and the Earth.” The word translated as create is a Hebrew word that only appears five times in the Scriptures, all five times in relation to God’s initial ...

Our small choices for the true, the good and the beautiful might not seem all that significant to us, but because they are ...

Christ is risen! Christ is risen indeed! These are the words of great news for today. Out of the sacred word in scripture, today Christians recall that the tomb is empty, the burial clothes are ...

When do you long to hear those words: Peace. Be still. Or when do you long to experience the result of peace and stillness? One of the phrases I remember my grandmother saying to me often when I was ...

Christmas celebrates the finality of Christ’s incarnation. Christmas is the celebration of a conclusion. A baby who cannot yet talk is the divine Word of God spoken to humankind. A child lying in a ...

Life is a lot like the game of baseball. When it’s your turn to face the pitcher, you walk out to the plate … bat in hand … ready to hit a home run … listening to the roar of approval of those ...

There is something common in the next three words: Christendom, Christianity and Christian. They are all centered on the word Christ. Remove Christ from these words and you end up with a religion ...

These meditations are dedicated to Cardinal George Pell, a courageous shepherd of the flock and a faithful son of the Church. He has suffered for his fidelity. Praised be Jesus Christ, now and forever ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. JOHNSTOWN, Pa. – Area clergy will deliver messages of the power of the Resurrection, hope, love, truth and investing in one ...

One of my biggest grievances is when someone uses the name of Jesus to swear. This can happen when someone says, or even yells, the name in a fit of anger. Some expand the swear to the full “Jesus ...