Over the past several months, the Catholic Book Club at America has considered recently published works about Jesus. In March, we read Christ Actually by James Carroll. The book inspired a great deal ...

Jesus was no stranger to controversy, and neither are the films about him. The Passion of the Christ, which opens today, is no exception. It is Mel Gibson’s tribute to the spiritual rescue he says he ...

The historical sections of the Hebrew Scriptures sometimes read like PG-rated dramas seasoned with a measure of bawdy humor. Today's story from 1 Samuel recounts the second time David refused to ...

When I began to reflect on this Gospel lesson that we hear today, I immediately began to think of the first lesson in relationship to it. You can tell they’re very closely related. The first lesson ...

VISIONS OF JESUS. The crowds in Alfredo Raimondo’s goat pasture have dwindled to a few hundred each week, but worshipers continue to report seeing visions of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and saints. Some of ...

As we approach Easter, a number of people -- Christian Ministers and priests included -- have encouraged me to share the backstory of how the content for The Forty Days – A Vision of Christ’s Lost ...

“Performance art” is the term Aaron Rosen uses in his new book to describe moments in Jesus’ ministry, and it quickly becomes apparent that this use of the term is not at all irreverent. What Would ...

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