On Friday, we walked to Calvary with Hans Küng as our guide on the passion and death of Jesus, his reflections in On Being a Christian pointing us to the critical, yet often scuttled, fact: Jesus died ...

and appointed you to go and bear fruit that will remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he may give you.” I won’t embarrass the priest who underlined this point to great effect during ...

During this season of Advent, it is not uncommon to hear Isaiah’s prophecy quoted. Seven hundred years before the birth of Christ, Isaiah prophesied, “For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; ...

Find today’s readings here. One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side. There’s an incredibly tender—even intimate—moment in today’s Gospel. I must have read it ...

Scholars believe Jesus was born between 6 and 4 BCE in the town of Bethlehem, located in the modern-day West Bank. The Middle Eastern territory is located in what is now Palestine, though Israel has ...