A few years ago on the campus of Lindenwood University in St. Charles, Missouri, Marie Putbrese met a new friend. “She was going by a different name that she chose by herself, one that was not ...

Last year Popular Mechanics announced that a team of British scientists, assisted by Israeli archaeologists, had fashioned “the most accurate image” of the face of Jesus. Assuming that Jesus would ...

“O blood and water, which gushed forth from the heart of Jesus as a fountain of mercy for us, we trust in you.” Last Sunday’s Gospels left us at the empty tomb — the Gospel for the Easter Vigil ...

Little did Theo Grimes from Miami Gardens know that when he stepped out of the shower he would come face to face with Jesus. Well, it was the image of Jesus on his bathroom wall, but that was still a ...

The first reading from Genesis and the Gospel from Matthew each describe an experience of human encounters with God. Abram (later Abraham) receives a divine calling, and Peter, James and John witness ...

Jesus was an immigrant and taught his followers to welcome and care for foreigners. My story is like many others. When my wife and I got married and came to the United States, we told our parents that ...