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

Though St. Peter’s story is in one way quite extraordinary, it illustrates a principle that we see affirmed time and again throughout the Bible: “Exaltavit humiles.” ...

Birthplace of St. Peter FOUND: A 1,500-year-old Mosaic found with a prayer to ‘the chief and commander of the heavenly apostles’ suggests a town in northern Israel is the lost biblical city of ...

This etching is Dutch artist Rembrandt’s depiction of a crippled beggar being healed by the Apostles Peter and John at the temple gate called Beautiful. Rembrandt lived from 1606-69. (Courtesy ...

A 1,500-year-old mosaic believed to be above Peter and Andrew's home, in Galilee, Israel, in October 2021. Archaeologists had uncovered for the first time mosaic floors from a lost, legendary ...

Origen, another early church father, wondered whether this couple was among the 72 disciples sent out by Jesus himself (Luke 10:1; apostle means “one who is sent out”). But what often gets ...