Jan. 1 marks more than the start of a new year — it is also the Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the World Day of Peace.. The two celebrations are connected because, as St. Paul VI wrote in ...

Jan. 1 marks more than the start of a new year — it is also the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God, and the World Day of Peace. The two celebrations are connected because, as St. Paul VI wrote in ...

Therefore, because man is by nature friendly with sin and hostile to God, Jesus became both Prince of Peace and Prince of War. There must be war on earth, that there may be peace with God in heaven.

The Peace Pulpit: As we celebrate the Feast of Ascension, let us remember that the same Jesus the disciples knew -- fully human -- is also Son of God in power.

WHAT can we learn from the Solemnities of the Most Holy Trinity, the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ, and the Sacred Heart ...

As theologian Mary Hinkle Shore explains, “Jesus offers his ethic as a way for the community of his followers to resist the tit-for-tat of the present age, not to be passive in the face of it.

Fr. Patrick Mary Briscoe, O.P., a Dominican friar in Washington, D.C., reflects on Luke 24:38 and explains why it is important to have faith and trust in God through all trials.

Dr. Mark Mirvalle, a professor of theology at Ave Maria University in Florida, explains why Mary, the mother of Jesus is an important figure during the Advent and Christmas seasons.

Read Isaiah 42:1–4 and Matthew 12:15–21. Isaiah and Matthew knew what it means that Jesus is the Prince of Peace. When Matthew described Jesus as fulfilling Isaiah 42:1–4, we see an image of ...