“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 ...

The relics of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque, the French Visitation sister who experienced visions of Jesus revealing his Sacred Heart, will be present with the U.S. bishops in Orlando, Florida, when they ...

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 ...

A California woman believed to have had visions of Jesus, the Virgin Mary and other Catholic saints in the 1950s has moved closer to canonization as a saint. The United States Conference of Catholic ...

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 ...

Another in a series of occasional articles. TEHRAN -- A man wrapped in a shawl stood at the door. “This is Jesus,” said another man. Jesus sat and peeled an orange as his companion, Nader Talebzadeh, ...

On Christmas Eve in 1517, the Blessed Virgin Mary placed the Christ Child in his arms of St. Cajetan during his first Mass in the Chapel of the Nativity. A marble sculpture depicting St. Cajetan ...