Fifty days after Easter we celebrate Pentecost Sunday (Pentecost is Greek for “50th day”), commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. For this reason, Pentecost is also known as the ...

While reading the Bible may be associated with Protestantism in the minds of some, love of Scripture is at the core of the Catholic Church, said the apostolic nuncio to the United States. "The love ...

Yes, Jesus is descended from patriarchs and kings, but now magi from the East come to worship him. That is, through Jesus all ...

For the Story Lover: The Great Adventure Catholic Bible simplifies the complexities of Scripture reading by guiding Catholics in truly understanding the narrative story of salvation history. Using ...

If you ask a Christian they will say there are key differences between the Christian and Catholic faiths. And, there is right down to the books included in each of their bibles. It can be the deal ...

How does a Catholic read the Bible? I certainly can’t speak for all Catholics, but I can speak a little to the Catholic tradition. And the best explicator of that tradition in recent decades was, in ...

Being a Catholic and a feminist can often feel a bit sticky. I’m speaking from personal experience, but I know I’m not alone. When we at America produce and publish content about women’s roles in the ...

On the first day of talks today at the Synod of Bishops on the Bible, which opened here Oct. 5, one theme seems to be emerging: the desire for a deeply spiritual way of reading Scripture, one that ...

An evangelical worshipper holds a Bible during prayer at Manantial Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (Credit: AP Photo/Fernando Vergara.) Listen ROME – It’s no mystery that ...

The independent fundamentalist church I went to as a boy gave me a fantastic amount of Bible knowledge. There were Bible drills in Sunday School, Bible memory contests, and Bible quizzes, not to ...