Two nuns have lifted a lid on what it's really like to be 'brides of Jesus Christ,' spilling on everything from what it's like to leave their families behind and why they get new names to how they get ...

Last week, I happened to notice an announcement in my parish bulletin. It read something like, “Interested in Catholicism? Come join our RCIA classes.” I have to confess that I found myself half ...

“The grace of being able to love you,” she answered. Veronica wanted to be a martyr, but seemingly, the Lord has destined her to experience sorrow. One day, while praying in the garden, a large black ...

In my previous post, “Why the Catholic Church Defined Marriage,” I noted that the Roman pagan world, into which the Church was born, had monogamy, but not the Christian understanding of monogamy—and ...

‘WHEN I am dead, do what you wish with my body,” were Veronica Giuliani’s words to his bishop, Monsignor Codebo, who wondered if the signs of the passion of Christ are really engraved in her heart.

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If the document is real, and Jesus did in fact have a wife, the implications could be tremendous, the article says: the discovery could reignite the debate over whether Jesus was married, whether Mary ...

Our view of gender roles and relations should begin with Christ’s pattern of humility. Jesus’ own disciples frequently missed what he was doing. James and John wanted preeminent posts in his kingdom, ...