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Dozens of TV shows, short films and epic movies have explored the four gospels of the Bible and the life of Jesus Christ.

From the blood of the martyrs to swimming pool baptisms, the new TV series stages the biblical drama with intelligence and creativity.

This Via Crucis was celebrated by Pope John Paul II on Good Friday in 1991. These stations reflect deeply on the Scriptural accounts of Christ's passion.

Pope Leo XIV pledged to work to “pursue the path of unity and fraternal charity” in a meeting in Castel Gandolfo with ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda will preside at a 5:15 p.m. Mass July 19 at the Cathedral of St. Paul in St. Paul celebrating 175 years of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis bringing Jesus to the ...

With the growing popularity of online sermons, social media influencers and podcast preachers, discerning sound doctrine from ...

Who (or what) has shaped your faith the most?” As a campus minister, I have asked this question to many college students over the years. Lately, I ...

In a rare moment of Christian ecumenism, white evangelicals, mainline protestants, Roman Catholics and Black church leaders ...

In his greetings, Pope Leo noted that the pilgrimage is intended “to return to the sources”: to Rome, where Sts Peter and ...

The cry of innocent victims and mothers mourning their children will not go unheard, Pope Leo XIV said. When Christians chant ...

Last month, the Justice Department filed legal action against the State of Washington over Washington Senate Bill 5375, which ...