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This book opens with the lines, "These are the secret words which the living Jesus spoke, and the twin, Didymos Judas Thomas wrote them down." Then there follows a list of the sayings of Jesus. Now ...

Find today’s readings here. Today’s Gospel reading is a classic example of a storytelling “sandwich,” in which the author interrupts one story with another, shorter, account. “Sandwiches” are ...

KOCHI: Around 14,000 people, including children, teachers and parents, came together to handwrite the Gospel of St Mark and ...

In Pope Francis’ reflection on Sunday’s Gospel, the pope encouraged people to trust that God the Father often works in hidden ways under the surface before bringing the seeds of the Gospel to full ...

I have yet to go to all the world to preach the gospel, but I'm trying. I have preached in half of the United States and a few foreign countries, but I don't think I'll cover the country or the planet ...

It all started in the dusty storeroom of the Egyptian Sinai desert, the type of environment where dust particles float in the air as if they have lingered too long to be discovered. In 1975, ...

The latest issue of The New Yorker includes an essay by Adam Gopnik, “We’re Still Not Done With Jesus,” on the scholarly debates about the origins of Christianity. In the piece, Gopnik positions ...

Pope Francis explained that the kingdom of God likewise requires patience, to 'wait confidently' as it takes time to grow. Pope Francis waves to pilgrims gathered in St. Peter’s Square for his Angelus ...