Today marks the beginning of Holy Week for Christians around the world. Christian worship services take churches through the most important moments in the story of Jesus Christ. This is the high point ...

The Holy Spirit is the author of holiness and the principal agent of evangelization, and we need some holiness and evangelization in the Church today. We need the Holy Spirit to nurture holiness in ...

The central bureau of statistics in Jerusalem reported there were 4.5 million tourists who traveled to Israel in the year 2019. Considering the total population of Israel is 9 million people and the ...

On Jan. 3, we celebrate the optional memorial of the Holy Name of Jesus, a feast that gained its place on the Roman Calendar in 1721 by the order of Pope Innocent XIII. The feast had been celebrated ...

The death and resurrection of Jesus is the most famous underdog story in history. A low-status artisan from Galilee challenged the authorities of his time and ended up dying a brutal and horrifying ...

A fragment of wood believed to be from Jesus’ manger is back in the Holy Land just in time for Christmas. The tiny inches long relic was first taken out of the Middle East in the 7th century when St.

Jesus’ gruesome death didn’t happen randomly or accidentally. He knew very well what was coming his way. Many times I’ve stared at Titian’s famous painting “Christ on the Way to Calvary,” which ...

Parishioners at Mary Queen of Vietnam Church in New Orleans line up to kiss the feet of a Jesus statue that is surrounded by blessed popcorn. (Photo courtesy of Mary Queen of Vietnam Church) One Holy ...