The Church at large is reeling from more and more exposure of sin in the lives of its leaders, whose greed, sexual immorality, abusive behavior, and lust for attention have left many weary and wary.

In the Catholic weekday liturgy, we are currently hearing from Prophet Jeremiah, who warns us not to listen to false prophets. Before the Second Vatican Council (1962-1965), Catholics only heard a ...

Find today’s readings here. The secular spirit of Christmas has already left the building, even though we still dwell within the traditional twelve days of Christmas. I believe today is supposed to be ...

"Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem" by Horace Vernet, 1844. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia/Creative Commons) (RNS) — In the Catholic weekday liturgy, we are currently hearing from Prophet Jeremiah, who ...

Many readers are familiar with the concept of lost or alternative gospels, which were produced so abundantly in the early Christian era. Another gospel, from a much later era, might be unique in ...

Before anyone equates the 2024 presidential election results to a divine intervention, he or she should be reminded of the numerous Bible passages that expose false prophets. * Jeremiah 14:14 “The ...

No one brings the past and the future together into the present quite like Raz Mesinai (Badawi). Born in Jerusalem, Mesinai split his childhood between there and New York City, spending much of his ...

Earlier this week, in a story picked up by local television stations and both major Seattle dailies, eastside Rev. Ken Hutcherson announced he was launching a nation-wide boycott of Microsoft, Boeing, ...

(RNS) — False prophets tell us that global warming will not happen, microplastics do not cause cancer, guns will protect us, and the poor need to suffer to motivate them to work. (RNS) — In the ...