St. Peter was a fisherman. Fishing nets and tilapia were his daily reality. Born without distinction in a backwater of the Roman Empire, he presumably would have lived and died in total obscurity, had ...

Having disapproved of the original architectural plans for the mother church of the Paulist religious order—it was thought to be too narrow—Father George Deshon, a West Point graduate and Paulist ...

This is Italian artist Raphael’s depiction of the Apostle Paul preaching in Athens during his second missionary journey. Raphael lived from 1483-1520. (Courtesy Photo) Appointed by Jesus as the ...

Why Jesus Christ chose Paul, until then one of the most ardent persecutors of Christians, to be his apostle to the Gentiles may be surmised, but it cannot be definitely known because one cannot know ...

The Apostle Paul is often considered to be the most important person — after Jesus — in the history of Christianity. Of the 27 books in the New Testament of the Bible, 13 are attributed to Paul, and ...

Jesus is the mystery that embodied the presence of God in the world. Peter and Paul were charged with conveying that mystery faithfully to the world. Jesus is the Christ, God’s anointed One, while ...

Every year at Easter, my mind turns to Paul. That may seem odd; but Paul was, in effect, the inventor of Christianity, the founding theorist of the new religion. He was a brilliant, quirky and ...

Sunday Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Jersey City on Aug. 27, 2023. (Silvia Falcon photo) Sunday Mass at St. Paul the Apostle Church in Jersey City on Aug. 27, 2023. (Silvia Falcon photo) ...