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Part 3 of Father Raymond J. de Souza’s five-part analysis of Pope Benedict’s book Jesus of Nazareth. Father Raymond J. de Souza Vatican August 21, 2007 This spring, Pope Benedict XVI published a ...

It is widely agreed that Peter probably passed on the content of this Gospel to John Mark who crafted this masterful work. Many scholars tentatively hold to a date around AD 65 for this Gospel which ...

First John does not follow the standard format for a first century letter. It doesn’t identify the author or the intended audience, although many think it was written by John, “the disciple whom Jesus ...

The Transfiguration is this Sunday, a scene that many preachers (color me guilty) get wrong, but Peter (no matter how many times we make him the patsy in the story) gets right. Here’s a transfigured ...

HIV still carries a stigma in South Africa’s townships "Today I will start with a three-part sermon on: Jesus was HIV-positive," South African Pastor Xola Skosana recently said in a Sunday church ...

"Today I will start with a three-part sermon on: Jesus was HIV-positive," South African Pastor Xola Skosana recently said in a Sunday church service. The words initially stunned his congregation in ...