As in all things, when we read a pas-sage presented to us in the Lectionary from the holy Gospel, we need to place it into the proper context. If we read this particular passage from the Gospel ...

Jesus looked intently at Peter for a moment and then said, "You are Simon, John's son - but you shall be called Peter, the rock!" John 1:42 Some Christians deny that the Pope, as successor of St ...

The story is a conversation between Jesus and his disciples in which he openly questions them about his identity. We can see the Jewish people thought that Jesus was John the Baptist, Elijah ...