Christ is supreme — head of the church, creator, redeemer, and first in rank and influence in all faith and life.

You probably have heard before that we humans can live without food for 30 to 40 days, maybe even longer, but we cannot live without some form of water intake for more than about three days. In ...

Indeed, that’s how the Church has long read this story of Jesus and the Samaritan woman, as a story that is also about us. For centuries, this passage has been read during Lent in association with the ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026.

Preaching on this story from John's Gospel, I like how St. Augustine put it. Describing the dialogue between Jesus and the ...

Over the next three weeks, by ancient custom, the Gospel readings are all from John. They were proclaimed alongside the final ...

By Asami Ohmoto In a quiet parish in Tokyo archdiocese, eight-year-old Minami Kimura’s decision surprised almost everyone, including her parents — she wanted to be baptized as a Catholic. Minami, a ...

And when they heard of the resurrection of the dead, some mocked: and others said, We will hear thee again of this matter.” ...