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

This is Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens’ depiction of the Apostle Peter holding the keys of Heaven. Rubens lived from 1577-1640. (Courtesy Photo) Jesus’ choices of Paul to be the apostle to ...

On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

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.

This motif of Jesus concealing things and the fact that the disciples characteristically misunderstand is part of Mark's way of re-interpreting the story of Jesus for the post-war audience. They ...

We sometimes have high experiences with God on Sunday, but on the other days of the week we don’t give much evidence of that.

Jesus said that he must go up to Jerusalem where he’d be rejected by the authorities, be killed, and three days after his death he would live again. The disciples Listening: A gift of kindness ...

Each one of us needs both Peter and the Beloved Disciple in his heart. A Peter who acts and a Beloved Disciple who points to Jesus, the source of our fruitfulness. In this mass we pray to the merciful ...

According to church history, the apostles Peter and Paul arrived in Rome at the time of Nero (r. A.D. 54–68). There they found a small but committed group of Christians established among the ...

Peter to Jesus. “No, Jesus, you’re not going to suffer and die. ... Jesus said to his disciples and to us — I am going up to Jerusalem and must undergo great suffering.