The resurrection of Christ involves four basic factors which the people of the world—Christian and non-Christian, Jew and Gentile—must consider. These factors are: 1. There was a person on this earth ...

Sunday, April 12, is Easter Sunday/the Resurrection of the Lord. Mass readings: Acts 10:34a, 37-43; Psalm 118:1-2,16-17, 22-23; 1 Corinthians 5:6b-8; John 20:1-9. In his novel entitled Duma Key, the ...

Christian tradition depicts Jesus’ tomb as empty and solitary, but archaeology tells a different story. Tombs in Jerusalem were family complexes filled with multiple bodies. Early gospel writers ...

One year ago on Monday, hundreds of millions of people the world round reacted with horror to images of the cathedral church of Our Lady of Paris burning. She did not collapse, as some feared she ...

Pope Francis holds a candle during the Easter Vigil in St. Peter’s Basilica on April 8, 2023. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – Despite having skipped a key Holy Week event the night before due ...

The drama of Good Friday—the tragic excitement of the Passion—has passed. Lash and spear still sting in the memory of His Body, but only hazily, faintly. Something numbs the senses. The joy of the ...