On a pastoral visit to an outlying Rome parish, Pope Francis celebrated Mass as well as the sacrament of confirmation with some young parishioners. Pope Francis confirms a young boy Dec. 1 at the ...

The encounter between Jesus and Nathaniel is one example of how the evangelists layered in the identity of Jesus with scriptural texts that went all the way back to the patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that we must listen to the cries of the poor and needy, resisting the temptation to close our hearts because we are “bothered” by their constant pleas for ...

Jesus never forgets the day we encountered Him for the first time; we should ask God for the “grace of memory” so that we can always remember it. That was the Pope’s hope for us in the homily at Mass ...

In this file photo, Pope Francis elevates the chalice as he celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.) Listen ROME — Heaven is not an ...

Erin K. Wilson is Associate Professor of Religion and Politics in the Faculty of Theology and Religious Studies, University of Groningen. Luca Mavelli is Senior Lecturer in Politics and International ...

Chris Quilala was part of a youth group band in the 1990s that went on to lead a youth conference in 1999. From that start, Jesus Culture held more conferences, recorded albums and started a church.

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 ...

The Latin words `Noli me tangere' are uttered, according to the Bible in John 20:17, by Jesus. Instead of the usual Easter card with floppy-eared bunnies or coloured eggs, which have more to do with ...