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This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church.

Jesus' 12 Apostles, Ranked. Story by Laratee VanNieuwenhuyze • 1w. 12. ... Even if Jesus did name him Peter, he could have stayed with Simon since he was so used to talking back. 2.

In choosing Jesus we also choose the cross and there is real death, and the pain involved here cannot be softened or ...

Peter is then told to put on his cloak. The robe in Scripture is often equated with righteousness. Thus the instruction of ...

The recent conclave and election of a new Pope drew the world’s attention to the papacy, the oldest, continuously existing, “as well as arguably the most ...

Peter, at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel—then named Simon—is the first to be called to follow Jesus, along with his brother Andrew. Then, in Matthew’s Gospel it is Peter who acknowledges ...

In every list of the apostles, Sis said, Peter comes first. “Originally named Simon, he received a new name, Peter, when Jesus made him the rock upon which he built his church,” the bishop said.

T he 12 apostles of Jesus were ordinary men who were like us in many ways. After the death of Christ, these men were like sheep without a shepherd. They were persecuted and thrown into prisons for ...

NOTE: Christ in Our Neighborhood is a parish-based program consisting of small Christian communities that gather in the home ...

St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the beginning of John’s Gospel.