The recent conclave and election of a new Pope drew the world’s attention to the papacy, the oldest, continuously existing, “as well as arguably the most ...

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In every list of the apostles, Sis said, Peter comes first. ... Citing John 21:15-19, he said, “Despite the fact that Peter denied Jesus three times during his trial and suffering, ...

Recognizing his failure, Luke 62:62 (ESV) tells us that Peter left and wept bitterly. The passage causes me to reflect on the ...

On this Sunday's Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, the Church honors two saints who responded to the Lord's call to ...

In choosing Jesus we also choose the cross and there is real death, and the pain involved here cannot be softened or ...

More than 2,000 years ago, Jesus asked His disciples, "But who do you say that I am?" It is a question that the Apostle Peter famously answered, "You are the Messiah, the Son of the living God ...

Peter, at the beginning of Mark’s Gospel—then named Simon—is the first to be called to follow Jesus, along with his brother Andrew. Then, in Matthew’s Gospel it is Peter who acknowledges ...

A Reflection for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, Apostle, ... proclaimed by Peter, that Jesus Christ is the Son of God. ... Each of us denies Christ through our actions or lack thereof at times.