He was one of Jesus’ closest disciples, but many people know little about him. St. Andrew was the brother of St. Peter, also known as Simon bar-Jonah. He and Andrew shared the same father ...

TEACHER: In the Bible, it says that Jesus’ first two disciples were brothers and fishermen called Simon Peter and Andrew. Jesus told them, "Follow me, and I will teach you how to fish for people." ...

Unlike the other apostles, he doesn’t react with ... God could have chosen to drop a pre-written book into St. Peter’s hands or simply to have Jesus write the New Testament during his earthly ...

They are a clear sign of Jesus’ humanity; that he, like us, loses his cool. I wonder how Peter would’ve received Jesus’ sharp retort. Spare a thought for the guy. Peter, at the beginning of ...

According to tradition, the author, Mark is not an apostle himself. Not one of the original disciples, but rather the follower of one of them. Traditionally, he's supposed to be the disciple of ...

“She ran and went to Simon Peter and to the other disciple whom Jesus loved” (John 20:2). Also, from the Cross, Jesus says to Mary, “Woman, behold, your son” (John 19:26), and to the ...

Last week, we read a very important Gospel: Peter’s confession of Jesus’ divinity at Caesarea Philippi. It told us not just who Jesus is but what the Church and papacy are. It also posed the ...

Clergymen gather near a statue of St. Peter on the day Pope Leo XIV holds his inaugural Mass in Saint Peter's Square, at the Vatican, May 18. [REUTERS/YONHAP] Pope Leo XIV ’s inauguration Mass ...

Jesus, robed in blue, stands just left of center with his disciples in an open piazza, a temple in the background. Just right of center kneels his disciple Peter, reaching up to take what Jesus is ...

According to tradition, the author, Mark is not an apostle himself. Not one of the original disciples, but rather the follower of one of them. Traditionally, he's supposed to be the disciple of ...