At the beginning of his Gospel, Matthew the apostle shows that Jesus of Nazareth possessed the proper pedigree to be the promised Messiah. Specifically, he presents evidence that Joseph, Jesus’ father ...

The Christian apocrypha, texts not included in the Bible, include stories of Jesus’ female followers – including St. Thecla.

Sometimes it’s easy to think there are two kinds of Christians: Those who emphasize worship and piety and those who focus on living out their faith in the world. But in this column, continuing our ...

Tens of thousands of Philippine Catholics twirled white cloths and chanted "Viva, viva" as a centuries-old statue of Jesus ...

Russell Shaw, a Catholic writer and journalist whose prolific career spanned decades including years of work for the U.S.

Lando, whose followers call him Reverend Lamp, claimed that the group planned to leave the campsite the same day as the arrests Bailey Richards is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. She has been working at ...

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Holland died after complications associated with kidney disease in Salt Lake City on Dec. 27 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Jeffrey R. Holland, a top official in the Church of Jesus ...

Jules, 35, on Tuesday added another chapter to the swirling drama as she hinted she is mending a broken heart in her first social media post since first saying she had been “betrayed in the most ...

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