But as young people raised in the Maronite and other Eastern rite Catholic and Orthodox churches leave the war-torn country ...

Archbishop Samir Nassar closed his June 24-30 visit from Damascus, Syria, to the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis by celebrating the solemnity of Sts. Peter and Paul with Archbishop Bernard ...

There are two Gospel readings available for the faithful today and it’s a bit confusing, so I consulted with my unpaid spiritual consultant and fellow columnist Fr.

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Mosaic depicting St Paul A dramatic roadside conversion turned Saul into Paul (circa AD 3 - 67) and a persecutor of Christians into one of their greatest missionaries. But in spreading the word ...

Let me suggest that the original guy to get knocked off his high horse was Saul of Tarsus, St. Paul. The accounts of Saul’s conversion appear in Acts 9: 1-22, 22:1-16 and 26:12-25. Now neither ...

Cardinal Claudio Gugerotti celebrates the Divine Liturgy at the Church of St. Paul’s Shrine in Tabbaleh, Damascus, on Jan. 25, 2025. Credit: ACI MENA.

An image that Vatican archaeologists believe is the oldest one of St Paul the Apostle, dating from the late fourth century, is seen on the walls of a catacomb beneath Rome. (OSSERVATORE ROMANO ...

St Paul’s conversion on the road to Damascus could have been the result of being blinded by a large meteoric fireball like the one that blazed over Chelyabinsk in 2013, a planetary scientist has ...

Rome Newsroom, Jul 1, 2024 / 08:50 am. Pope Francis will celebrate a Mass of canonization for 14 people, including the 11 “Martyrs of Damascus,” on Sunday, Oct. 20, the Vatican announced Monday.