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In the Old Testament, priests and kings were anointed, typically by a prophet, for special service to God, and thus a sign of their consecration. St. Cyril of Jerusalem speaks to the matter of ...

Another Old Testament event that prefigures the sacrament ... he shall bring to the Lord a female animal from the flock…The priest shall then make atonement for his sin.” ...

What the Bible and history tell us about the claim that God gave the land of Israel to Abraham and his descendants.

According to the Catechism of the Catholic Church, the Liturgy of the Hours — also called the “Divine Office” — is the ...

Gandhi is well known for his politeness, but he pulls no punches while attacking Western civilisation describing it as evil, ...

It might come as a bombshell or like one raising dust, but simply, it was out of curiosity that I literarily devoured the Bible to know if there was any time Jesus laughed, any day during his lifetime ...

"1923," the popular "Yellowstone" spin-off, doesn't shy away from romance, which got us wondering about the cast's real-life ...

Omagh bomb survivor Tracey Devine was an ‘inspiration’ who lived her life with a ‘quiet dignity’ and refused to let the ...

What are we to make of Balaam? Most believers know at least something about the story of Balaam as found in Numbers 22-24. It ...

The discovery of hundreds of unmarked graves at an Indian residential school in Canada in 2021 was just the catalyst for ...