In an annual tradition Thirteen Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem have issued the following hopeful Easter message this year highlighting the importance of peace and reconciliation in the Holy Land We the Patriarchs and Heads of Churches in Jerusalem bring joyous greetings in the name

Canada 39 s French- and English-speaking Jesuits plan to rejoin into a single Canadian province of the world 39 s largest Catholic religious order of men Father Peter Bisson provincial superior of the Jesuits in English Canada spoke about the plans at the annual Jesuit Provincial 39 s Dinner on

What does evil look like In art literature and the popular creative imagination Dr Frankenstein has that mad glint in his eyes Professor Moriarty rsquo s eyes bulge when he dreams madly of outsmarting Sherlock Holmes and Dr Jekyll rsquo s cool surface submerges his inner monster Mr Hyde For

You don’t need to know any Greek to anticipate the disciples’ shock: their master is acting like a servant, a slave.

On Thursday evening in a familiar reprise of an ancient rite Bishop Robert Morlino of Madison Wis will wash the feet of 12 men all seminarians mdash a re-creation of Jesus rsquo action at the Last Supper when he washed the feet of his disciples and according to Catholic doctrine formally

In the Garden of Gethsemane Jesus utters his agonizing prayer ldquo Abba Father for you all things are possible remove this cup from me yet not what I want but what you want rdquo At this grave moment in the life of Christ when he struggles to discern the will of the Father we are invite