When applied to the Bible it doesn’t take long to see that his “has God said?” (Gen. 3:1) thinking, now at work in the Church ...

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On 13 March 2025, I posted on my FB wall a very short article on “Conscience and Character” together with a photo of ...

This year, the 40-day-long Christian fast called Lent began on March 5 and will end on April 17. It seems the word ‘Lent’ ...

I tell you, unless your righteousness exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees, you will never enter the kingdom of heaven. You have heard that it was said to those of old, "You shall not ...

At first glance, the number 153 seems boring. Yet it is mathematically exciting, is mentioned prominently in the Bible and was even a romantic network code.

Archbishop Eamon Martin, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland gave this homily for St Patrick's Day, in St Patrick ...

THE LAST SUPPER tells the story of Jesus Christ’s suffering, death and resurrection. Peter introduces the story, which begins ...

Mark and Matthew tell us that Jesus conversed with the two pillars of the Old Testament, Moses and Elijah, but Luke adds that ...

Luke’s vision of Jesus is deeply attuned to God’s compassion, justice and concern for those most impoverished and ...

Jesus believed in the imminent end of the world and the coming of the “Day of the Lord,” but that day never arrived, and ...

Baptism does what nothing else can. As Martin Luther said, by baptism “we are made holy and are saved, which no other kind of ...