While the anecdote concerning the prostitute Mary Magdalene is deeply moving, the compassion and forgiveness which Jesus shared with her was a part of his communion with everyone whom he helped, ...

From Raymond E. Brown, A Crucified Christ in Holy Week: Essays on the Four Gospel Passion Narratives (Collegeville: The Liturgical Press, 1986): 13-16. The exact public involvement of Jewish ...

brown hair and a beard. Some, like Warner Sallman in his painting “Head of Christ,” have even depicted Jesus as a blonde man with blue eyes. But the Son of God wasn’t always illustrated in ...

The Beatles were bigger than Jesus. At least that’s what legendary frontman John Lennon said 50 years ago on March, 4 1966, in a move that brought the band death threats and eventually led them ...