Jesus Christ

The strictest monks in Catholicism are “Cistercians of the Strict Observance,” usually known as Trappists. They pray six times a day, beginning at 3:30 a.m. Thomas Merton was a Trappist,…

The only way one can speak of the horrendous situation in the world today is if wisdom is stirring in human heart, and not just surging darkness. Otherwise, what’s the…

World News – A long-running archaeological controversy has been resurrected, thanks to a newly revealed analysis of scrapings from a first-century tomb in East Jerusalem and a bone box attributed to…

Was the crucifixion the culminating event of Jesus’ mission? Or did things go horribly wrong with his torture and death?

A distinction is commonly made between “the historical Jesus” and the Christ of Christian belief. That’s valid from a historian’s point of view, but as Christianity and all organized religions…

World News – A limestone box said to have once held the bones of the brother of Jesus was at the center of the most controversial forgery case in decades —…

World News – There is a point where I sometimes feel really bad for far left and right wingers and their thoughts about everything.  This interview by Fox News with…

As a practicing contemplative and ‘fallen away Catholic,’ I’m both chagrined and amused by the new pope’s recent statement: “In the Curia, there are also holy people, really, there are…