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Jesus Christ is known for His teachings of love, compassion, and mercy, but many people don't realize He also challenged the ...

Over 30,000 people swelled St. Peter’s Square today to take part in the weekly general audience with Pope Benedict, who arrived by helicopter from his Castelgandolfo residence. The Holy Father’s ...

Being raised by a Christian family, attending Christian schools from kindergarten through high school and participating in multiple churches of different denominations taught me a great deal about ...

Before Sunday’s Angelus prayer with pilgrims in the courtyard of Castel Gandolfo, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about today’s Gospel, in which Jesus' teaching about his presence in the Eucharist is met with ...

Matthew 5:39 of the New Testament of the Bible tells a story about when Jesus told a large group of listeners that if someone slaps you on the right cheek, turn the other cheek to the offender. On ...

The Talmud purports to be the written version of the oral Torah that Pharisaic and later Orthodox Judaism believed was received by Moses on Mount Sinai when he received the Ten Commandments and the ...

Coleman, a "father, teacher, and minister," one day came to the now rather commonplace realization that people's status in life affects their reading of the Gospels. Moving from this revelatory moment ...

David French has been on a roll. Recently I wrote about an excellent essay of his that argued Christians in the political arena have managed to turn Jesus’ teachings upside down. Now he’s done it ...

Etched into the ceiling of St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome are the words Jesus Christ spoke to the apostle Peter the night before he died. “I have prayed for you, that your faith may not fail,” Jesus ...