“And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it. I will give you the keys to the kingdom of heaven.” ...

St. Peter was a fisherman. Fishing nets and tilapia were his daily reality. Born without distinction in a backwater of the Roman Empire, he presumably would have lived and died in total obscurity, had ...

The recent appointment of three women to the Vatican office that recommends candidates for the episcopacy highlights the fact that they are qualified to help select people for offices they themselves ...

The gospel reading [for April 18] is a double-header. We get two stories in one. Both stories are about the apostle Peter, and they take up most of Chapter 21 of the Gospel of John. Scholars tell us ...

This etching is Dutch artist Rembrandt’s depiction of a crippled beggar being healed by the Apostles Peter and John at the temple gate called Beautiful. Rembrandt lived from 1606-69. (Courtesy Photo) ...

Pope Francis uses incense as he celebrates Mass marking the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican June 29. At the conclusion of the Mass the pope presented palliums in ...

Find today’s readings here. In the collect for the Feast of the Chair of St. Peter, the church prays to God “that no tempests may disturb us, for you have set us fast on the rock of the Apostle ...

The Church of the Apostles, which is said to have been built over the house of Jesus’ disciples Peter and Andrew, has been discovered near Israel’s Sea of Galilee, according to a team of American and ...

Scholars have discovered an inscription that may mark the Church of the Apostles, said to be at St. Peter's birthplace in Bethsaida. Nyack College professor Steven Notley, academic director of the El ...