Let me say it again: the Cross was no accident. It was an appointment. And if God appointed a dying criminal to be the first ...

Dismas’ endurance beyond Jesus’ death is what makes him a companion to the long-suffering. He has gone before those for whom, ...

The whole book is told from the perspective of this criminal—already in heaven—looking back on the last day of his life. He walks us through the hours, his crimes, his mocking, his moment of clarity, ...

For more than 20 years, Father Raymond de Souza has preached the “Seven Last Words” devotion, a traditional meditation on the ...

Consider the story of the good thief in Luke, and the Jewish idea of teshuva, or returning to goodness.

If there are thieves among the incumbent public officials and those who are still running and do intend to steal public funds in order to recover their millions of campaign expenses, this column is ...

58. “‘Sir’, they said, ‘We remember that while he was still alive that deceiver said, ‘After three days I will rise again.’ ...

We are entering the last several days of Holy Week. These culminate in Jesus’s ministry and the beginning of his Passion and Death. Christians worldwide are getting ready to celebrate the Resurrection ...