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The Pharisees and the teachers of the Law bring forward a woman, and the accusers want the strictest punishment meted out: ...

Discovery of ancient garden beneath Jesus’ burial site backs up Biblical account - The discovery of 2,000 year-old olive ...

Jay Sefton co-wrote and performed "Unreconciled," the story of how he played Jesus in an eighth-grade Catholic school passion ...

There are many people in the Bible who experienced firsthand the healing power of Jesus. Most of them remain anonymous: the blind man, the deaf-mute man, the 10 lepers — “if they were written every ...

At the annual Rose Mass on March 30 at the Church of the Little Flower in Bethesda and at the luncheon that followed, health ...

John Lennon was overcome with emotion, burying his face in his hands as he fretted over the potential danger his remarks on ...

I wasn’t preaching hate or using profanity,” says Jimbo Gillcrist. Then he was thrown to the ground. From Melinda Henneberger ...

God demands more of us. We must see past accents and set aside preconceptions. We must recognize the dignity of each person ...

It was a 15-minute drive. When I talked to him the next day and explained how hurt and embarrassed I was, he thought it was selfish on my part since it was such a special event for his aunt Diana.

President Donald Trump prays during a roundtable discussion with local Latino leaders at Trump National Doral Miami on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024, in Doral, Fla. MATIAS J. OCNER [email protected] ...