Rembrandt’s “The Return of the Prodigal Son” was among the Dutch artist’s final works. (Getty Images) As we cross the ...

I have been accompanying my adult first cousin once removed, Tara, as she has grown deeper in her Catholic faith through the ...

By Anna Verry For The Catholic Messenger Lent 2025 Week 5 This week’s Gospel reading, John 8:1-11, offers valuable insights .

Zacchaeus -- and the people in the crowd -- probably expected Jesus to rebuke him for being a tax collector, but Jesus asks him to climb down and tells him that he wants to go to his house. The Gospel ...

After a jury deliberation of 16 hours, Ephraim Avery was acquitted of the murder. The law sided with the preacher; society ...

In the first reading today, Moses intervenes to save his “stiff-necked” people from a wrathful God, furious because of the ...

"Let us nurture our desire to see Jesus, and above all let us allow ourselves to be found by the mercy of God." ...

With the national conversation focused on immigration, Americans are being forced to choose between compassion and security ...

The same crowds that once shouted Hosanna! later cried, Crucify Him! Human loyalty is fleeting, but Jesus remains constant—the same yesterday, today, and forever (Hebrews 13:8). If we chase after ...

God is always merciful toward everyone, Pope Francis wrote. "He heals our wounds so that we can love each other as brothers ...

The diocesan Day of Penance and Mercy and events of Holy Week and Triduum are opportunities to deepen relationships with ...