Right up there with the works of Shakespeare, the King James Version of the Bible is one of the most influential texts on the modern English language. According to the website The Phrase Finder, here 13 examples of everyday expressions that came from the King James Version of the Bible,...
Pope Francis recently beatified Pope Paul VI, who served the Catholic Church as the bishop of Rome 1963-1978. (“Beatification” is one step below being canonized a saint.) Paul VI had a jam-packed papacy, including finishing the Second Vatican Council, traveling to all six inhabited continents (a first for popes), and...
After two dramatic weeks at the Synod of the Family in Rome, Pope Francis delivered a final speech to the bishops, who reportedly responded with a four-minute standing ovation. The full text of his remarks are available on News.va, but here are 11 key quotes if you’re looking...
Oh, church humor. Where would we be without you? Gathered from around the web for your comedic pleasure, here are 29 bloopers that supposedly appeared in real church bulletins… 1) Remember in prayer the many who are sick of our church and community. 2) Barbara remains in the hospital and...
The global face of Christianity has changed dramatically in the last one hundred years. So much so, that everything that seemed so permanent about “the way the world was” no longer holds. Information courtesy of PewForum, here’s where things stand: 1) There are roughly 2.18 billion Christians in...
So there’s thing thing called the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen (GISHWHES), which is exactly what it sounds like, and it has 14,000 participants a year. One of the challenges in this year’s contest was “Have an image of Pope Francis permanently tattooed...
