In this painting by Flemish artist Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) Goliath is being slain by David after the shepherd boy, the future king of Israel, had knocked him down with a stone from a slingshot.

Q: Your recent answer about displaying religious holiday decorations was a little confusing. You said it’s all right to display a Christmas tree, but not a manger? Easter bunnies, but not a cross? If ...

For the best experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser settings. When KDF's junior under officer Michael Njau (right) received a trophy for the best o ...

Editor's Note: Pope Francis prepared the following text for his talk at the Festival of Families in Philadelphia, but shortly after beginning he discarded the text and presented an extemporaneous ...

I sat in the pre-dawn dark watching the gathering glow in the east. A bird broke the stillness with a solitary song. Soon others joined him in the gathering light until they filled the air with a ...

We know legend has it that after Pentecost, Mary, the mother of Jesus, lived out her days with John the Evangelist. We also know that when a Gospel story has lots of detail, scholars suggest that it ...