These little stories (together with the Lord's Prayer and the Beatitudes) are the best known of all Jesus' words. It is a measure of the value which the Church places upon them that every parable ...

Here is a look at the spiritual motto and coat of arms for each of the bishops who will become cardinals at the Dec. 7 ...

In this way, Jesus’ parables are provocations: the images they deploy and the shifts they create in everyday elements (a wedding, a steward, a reward...) call out (vocare) to the listener ...

Images like bread, light, sheep, water and world suffuse the text providing rich food for meditation. John presents no parables and relatively few stories of healings. Instead, Jesus gives several ...

Worshippers in Jerusalem’s Church ... regard Jesus as a social revolutionary whose true mission was regime change rather than the salvation of souls. PANORAMA COMPOSED OF SEVEN IMAGES Whoever ...

At a time when the defining characteristics of Western culture are causing significant harm, Wim Wenders’s film offers a ...

The state board of education in Texas on Friday approved an elementary school curriculum that includes Bible-based lessons, ...

Two articles were recently published by Al Barrett, Rector of Hodge Hill Church in east Birmingham, arguing (slightly ...

Olagunju said his art journey began at 10 years old when he learned to carve Yoruba effigies used to remember a deceased twin ...

There is a famous Indian parable called ... Lutheran Church in America, described her piece of the “elephant” as such: “In my ...

The Sunday gospel lectionary reading for Advent 3 in Year C is Luke 3.7–17, and it follows closely on from last week's reading; verse begins 'He therefore said to the crowds...' which some English ...