Today the Catholic Biblical Federation and GFK Eurisko presented their research on the frequency of Bible reading at the Holy See’s Press Office. Their survey explored the practice in several ...

It’s a common myth that the Catholic Church makes such a claim. The Church contends, rather, that an authoritative Christian tradition and Church were necessary to establish the canon of Scripture. In ...

Cultural anthropologists tell us that one of the characteristics of our postmodern age is a disregard for history. Catholicism itself, however, exists in a tradition that recognizes doctrinal ...

COMMENTARY: Pope Francis established a new important annual feast, the Sunday of the Word of God, to accentuate the importance sacred Scripture is meant to have in the faith, prayer and lives of ...

Pope Francis Monday declared the Third Sunday in Ordinary Time to be the Sunday of the Word of God in order to promote a closer relationship with holy scripture and its dissemination in the world. "A ...

Twenty-five years ago, Helen McMonagle, a Lancaster "cradle" Catholic, was invited to a nondenominational Bible study. McMonagle said she was "blown away" by other group members' Bible knowledge. She ...

Readings: Nehemiah 8:2-4a, 5-6, 8-10 1 Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 1:1-4; 4:14-21 I cannot say that I dislike or disapprove of the saying. I use it myself. But I still stiffen when someone says, ...

"The Curse of Cowardice": the Martial Power of the Sermon -- "The Lord is a Man of War": Moses, the Exodus, and the Spirit of '76 -- "Cursed Be He that Keepeth Back ...