The readings for the 14th Sunday of Ordinary Time (July 8) focus on prophets. The text from Ezekiel tells us that, whether people listen or not has nothing to do with the truth of the prophet’s ...

We’ve all heard the stories about prophets from the Old Testament. They were charged with giving people warnings to mend their ways. The prophets were very specific about the transgressions that ...

One of the challenges of preachers in Catholic churches and many Protestant churches is that they must preach each Sunday on the Scripture readings in the Common Lectionary rather than simply use ...

I began my observance of Advent this year by attending an interfaith service on behalf of newly vulnerable populations who are experiencing hate crimes after the election of Donald Trump. Organized by ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

There is a prophetic dimension to the ministry of a priest — not according to the dictionary definition of a prophet, but rather a spiritual prophet like the prophets of the Bible, many in the Old ...

Find today’s readings here. Jesus departed from there and came to his native place, accompanied by his disciples. When the sabbath came he began to teach in the synagogue, and many who heard him were ...

In his homily Tuesday, Pope Francis said the Church needs men and women who are capable not only of bearing prophetic witness to the truth, like the early martyrs, but who are also examples of hope.

The Catholic Church just reiterated its long-standing, if mostly ignored, prohibition on ordaining gay men. How are we to react? In "Four Cultures of the West," John W. O'Malley argues that Western ...