To kick off the new Liturgical Year beginning on November 30, Catholic News Agency is pleased to announce the addition of a new column, “Road to Emmaus.” The column, written by Brian Pizzalato, will ...

I’m in the process right now of collecting my grandfather’s ghost stories from my mother and my aunt and anyone else I can think of who used to sit at his feet and listen to his deep voice on those ...

“You have heard it said … but I tell you…” Every time Jesus says these words, he is correcting the abuse of scripture and the theological heresy such abuse causes. Jesus understood that scripture is ...

If ever there was a richer set of readings to ponder or exegete than the set from today, I have yet to see it. The third Sunday in Ordinary Time is set aside by the church as Word of God Sunday. The ...

We gather tonight for a great purpose—and I certainly don’t mean the delivery of my remarks. Our great purpose is to launch a lecture series that will culminate in the celebration of an auspicious ...

This might seem unimportant but it really should be the first thing you do when you open the Bible. Why? Because what you are about to read was inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16) so it only makes sense ...

EVERY day, several times a day, within my own Christian community, I read or hear passages of scripture: from the Old Testament (the sacred writings of Judaism which were Jesus’s inheritance) and from ...

Which are the easiest Bible versions to read and understand for beginners? Are you feeling spiritual in the New Year? Have you decided to dive into reading the Bible for the first time or the first ...

A major cultural problem for those of us who follow the Bible is that many people do not recognize the authority of the Bible. We believe, for example, the Bible clearly supports the pro-life position ...