The Apostle Simon Peter and the communist revolutionary Vladimir Lenin were men separated by thousands of years of history. Yet both experienced a life-changing traumatic event in their lives. How ...
It is not every day that my home parish reaches its maximum seating capacity of almost 1,200 people for a weekday Mass. But that was exactly what happened on Tuesday, July 23, 2024, when the relics of ...
Pope Benedict XVI greeted some 40,000 pilgrims in St. Peter’s square today, speaking to them of the Apostles Simon and Jude. The Holy Father told the crowd of faithful that the two Apostles provide a ...
On Oct. 28, the Western church celebrates the feast day of one of the more obscure and lesser-known apostles: St. Simon. The name Simon comes from the Hebrew “Shimon,” which essentially means “the one ...
Seemingly, the togetherness of Saints Simon the Zealot and Jude Thaddeus had been destined. Both apostles preached the words of God in Persia. They, too, must have listened to the teachings of Jesus, ...
An archaeological excavation site, believed to be the location of a biblical village that was home to Saint Peter, near the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP/Getty Images An ...
A group of people, including ex homeless and members of St. Egidio’s Community, stand with flowers and signs in support of Pope Francis, in front of the Agostino Gemelli hospital, where he was ...