Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for 5th Sunday in Lent, March 22, 2026.

SAN FRANCISCO — “Ignorance of the Scriptures is ignorance of Christ,” said St. Jerome. If that’s true, then lots of Catholics are getting to know Christ very well indeed. In the past year, nearly ...

Father Joshua J. Whitfield provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the 3rd Sunday in Lent, March 8, 2026.

Fifty days after Easter we celebrate Pentecost Sunday (Pentecost is Greek for “50th day”), commemorating the descent of the Holy Spirit on the apostles. For this reason, Pentecost is also known as the ...

Some Protestants still believe that Roman Catholics do not read the Bible and subordinate Holy Scripture to an amorphous thing called “tradition”­revelation which is not found in Scripture but has ...

If you ask a Christian they will say there are key differences between the Christian and Catholic faiths. And, there is right down to the books included in each of their bibles. It can be the deal ...

With the Spanish-speaking Catholic community in the United States growing exponentially, Ascension is proud to offer the newly-released “The Great Adventure Catholic Bible, Spanish Edition” to ...

A Catholic podcast featuring a priest reading and analyzing the Bible has been at the top of the Apple Podcast charts since Jan. 2, ahead of secular podcasts produced by such organizations as The New ...

In the midst of a busy Holy Week, I had a few minutes after our diocesan Chrism Mass to talk with actress and producer Roma Downey about her upcoming NBC series, “A.D. The Bible Continues.” Downey, ...