Deacon Greg Kandra provides a reflection on the readings and Gospel for the Second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Jan. 18, 2026.

An evangelical worshipper holds a Bible during prayer at Manantial Church in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday, Sept. 3, 2017. (Credit: AP Photo/Fernando Vergara.) Listen ROME – It’s no mystery that ...

The Catholic feast of Pentecost actually has strong Jewish roots; religious obligations found in both Leviticus and Deuteronomy. This original Pentecost is an Old Testament agricultural feast where ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on ☩ Big Pulpit ☩. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope ...

So then, brethren, stand firm and hold to the traditions which you were taught by us, either by word of mouth or by letter. 2 Thessalonians 2:15 According to most Evangelicals, a Christian needs only ...

Our liturgies carry us to Christ; our worship becomes an encounter. What we adore is revealed in sacrament, revealing our ...

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 ...

If you have a popular Protestant translation of the Bible, like the King James Version, you will see that there are 39 books that make up the Old Testament. If you were to pick up a Catholic Bible, ...

For more than 40 years, the Rev. Roger V. Karban of the Diocese of Belleville has loved the Scriptures, studying them deeply, preaching on them weekly and teaching about them in popular Bible study ...

I commend you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions even as I have delivered them to you. 1 Corinthians 11:2 Most Protestant Christians believe that the Bible is the only ...