(RNS) — Whether you follow the Apostle Paul’s injunction or not, there’s a long-standing tradition to back you up.

The Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity, which begins Jan. 18, takes place each year in the days leading up to the ...

THAT’S a verse from the Second Letter of St. Paul to the Corinthians (5,19), sometimes used as the Gospel Acclamation in some ...

Of course, this calls for abandoning all other grounds for “salvation” and to seek eternal life in Christ alone, Jesus made this abundantly clear when He declared in John 14:6 , “I am the way, and the ...

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

At first glance, self-control can sound as though it depends on personal willpower or moral discipline. But biblical ...

Ghana-based Sister Mary T Barron has been appointed to role within the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue ...

NEW MIDDLETOWN, Ohio (MyValleyTributes) – Savvas V. Katsourakis, age 5, left this world unexpectedly, in the arms of his ...

A companion verse comes to mind. The apostle Peter, Paul’s friend, also was well-acquainted with numerous trials and tribulations. Nevertheless, he could write, “Cast all your anxiety on Him because ...

The zeal to evangelize and announce the Gospel must be tempered with charity and respect for an individual's conscience, Pope ...

I . PRECIOUS AND BELOVED IN THE LORD, we then, as workers together with him, beseech you also that this year ye receive not ...

Now, so the theory goes, we are at the dawning of the Age of Aquarius, which has been variously estimated to have begun in 1904 or 1933 or more recently … and is held to be a sort of new spiritual ...