Today’s reading follows yesterday’s account of the incident from the Gospel of John, in which Jesus says: “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me” (Jn 13:21).

The Authentic Church. As far as we know, Ignatius of Antioch was the first person to use the word catholic in relation to the church.In his letter to the Smyrnaeans, written around A.D. 112, he ...

Archbishops around the world can provide by their example the fraternity and unity in diversity the entire Catholic Church ...

The Catholic Church is neither a country club nor a clique; it is, as Pope Francis often suggests, a field hospital for a wounded world. Matthew’s Gospel shows that Jesus wants us to remain ...

Find today’s readings here. As a Catholic who believes in the healing power of God, I want to love today’s Gospel. As a sister, I’m conflicted. My little sister, Charlotte, was born with a ...

And Jesus’ point was that neither of these people were Jewish. Naaman was Syrian and the widow of Zarephath was Phoenecian. And the woman Jesus is talking to is sort of both: She’s Syrophoenician.

"Today try for 10 minutes – 15, no more – to read the Gospel, picture it and say something to Jesus. And nothing more. And so your knowledge of Jesus will be bigger and your hope will grow." ...

Jesus, prophet and mystic, read the signs of his own times. And his reading spurred him to offer his life in pursuit of God's reign of love, compassion and peace. Nolan says we can do the same.