The new biblical epic "Resurrection" is the kind of movie where "families can get together" to watch it, said one of its producers, Roma Downey, still best known for her on-camera role in the television series "Touched by an Angel."
Families will indeed
“This life is always pointing us home — to our true home,” writes Ava Lalor in her latest column about the tension of Holy Week. She continues: “And yet, we will always feel the tension in some way. Maybe you are still
A reader writes to Monsignor Charles Pope about a friend who doesn’t believe Jesus rose from the dead. Monsignor Pope shares some ideas on how to explain our belief in the Resurrection. In short, the witness of the apostles — which led
A reader asks why we say in the Nicene Creed that Jesus rose on the third day when he wasn’t in the tomb for three full days. Monsignor Charles Pope answers this question in his latest pastoral answers column. He writes: The
In the ninth article in his series on the Gospel of Matthew, Anthony Pagliarini explains what Jesus means by the return of the Son of Man. In three passages of Matthew’s Gospel, Jesus says something will not happen until the coming of
The heart of the Christian life really is the willingness to conform ourselves to Christ's way -- that is, to let the paschal mystery work itself out in us, not only individually, but also in the life of the whole Church. It
A reader asks: “There is a passage in Matthew’s Gospel that says something quite astonishing, but I almost never hear it explained or preached. It says that when Jesus died on the cross, ‘the bodies of many saints who had fallen asleep
In her latest column for Our Sunday Visitor, Kathryn Jean Lopez talks about the shelter-in-place quarantine in most of America and how we are given opportunities to appreciate the little things in life. Just as the lilies are blooming in New York,
In the Opening the Word for Easter Sunday, The Resurrection of the Lord, Timothy P. O’Malley writes that after the drama of the Passion, we’d expect more from a Resurrection narrative than just the mention of the burial cloth. This dizzying, bewildering
A reader asks monsignor Pope, Is it proper for the priest who is celebrating Mass to leave the sanctuary and sit in the congregation to listen to the homily when it is delivered by a deacon? In a word: No. As a