The Dead Sea Scrolls can only be interpreted in the light of faith as an amazing gift from God at a time when faith needed strengthening and a return to its historic roots. Selections from the Dead Sea Scrolls are being exhibited at the Museum of the Bible in Washington, D.C., this year. Seeing the [...]
In the First Letter to Timothy (1 Tim. 1:9-10), Saint Paul informs us (RSV CE 2nd ed.) “The law is not laid down for the righteous but for… immoral persons, sodomites, kidnappers, liars, perjurers, and whatever else is contrary to sound doctrine”. Stern words indeed. In the Vulgate, what the RSV renders “kidnappers” is plagis, [...]
Peace is anything but trite or futile. It is our way to a fuller life, a life ordered to the flourishing for which God made us. Pope Leo’s invocation of peace is a demonstration of his love for all peoples and his zeal for their salvation. Peace is an early theme of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate. [...]