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The Catholic faith is spread not by proselytising but by “attraction, by witnessing, by preaching”, Pope Francis has told a congregation including Vatican employees. True evangelisers build bridges, to meet people wherever they are, rather than building walls to protect the Church, he said. “A Christian must proclaim Jesus Christ in such a way that Read more
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It is not possible to find Jesus outside the Church, the community that gives Christians their identity, Pope Francis said in a homily on his personal feast day. Dozens of cardinals living in Rome or visiting the Vatican joined in the April 23 celebration of Mass on the feast of St George — the patron Read more
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On Maundy Thursday I was struck by these words from a hymn (133, Common Praise). We strain to glimpse your mercy-seat, and find you kneeling at our feet. In the action of having our feet washed or in washing the feet of another, we acted out concretely the love and very presence of Christ. Christ, then, the Read more
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New tests conducted at the University of Padua have confirmed that the Shroud of Turin can be dated back to around the first century AD. This dating is compatible with the tradition that the cloth with the image of a crucified man imprinted on it is the one in which Jesus’ body was wrapped when Read more
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Some mainstream New Zealand churches are struggling to keep their heads above the communion wine but other religions are thriving, building new churches, mosques and temples and gathering devoted worshippers in their thousands. Banks of lights pulsate in waves of colour, and cameras project images on to three monstrous screens. And there is plenty of Read more
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In a first for one of the world’s largest movie-making centres, a Hindi-language musical about Jesus has been produced. The 6-hour Bollywood production will be screened as a series on Indian television. Christaayan was directed by a Society of the Divine Word priest, Father Geo George Kannanayil — an experienced moviemaker — but 80 per Read more
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In the final volume of his trilogy on the life and teachings of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI strongly affirms the authenticity of the Gospel accounts of his birth and childhood by Matthew and Luke. He says the two evangelists set out to “write history, real history that had actually happened, admittedly interpreted and understood in Read more
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The Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, on the site where Jesus was crucified and rose again, may close for a day in protest over a disputed $NZ2.8 million water bill. Such a move would bar thousands of pilgrims and visitors from the church that is considered to be the most holy Christian shrine Read more
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Harvard researcher Karen King today unveiled an ancient papyrus fragment with the phrase, “Jesus said to them, ‘My wife.’” The text also mentions “Mary,” arguably a reference to Mary Magdalene. The announcement at an academic conference in Rome is sure to send shock waves through the Christian world. The Smithsonian Channel will premiere a special Read more
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Scholars have expressed doubt over the authenticity of a scrap of papyrus suggesting that Jesus had a wife. Karen King, a professor of early Christianity at Harvard Divinity School, presented on Tuesday a 4th century fragment of papyrus that supposedly provided the first evidence that some early Christians believed Jesus was married. An Associated Press Read more
