One of the shared convictions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam is that most of the men and women venerated as true prophets suffered, and in some cases were even martyred for their messages. That ...

In recent times in Ghana (and most likely in many African churches) the activity of people claiming to be prophets has become widespread. These have often engaged in acclaimed prophetic predictions ...

"Jeremiah on the Ruins of Jerusalem" by Horace Vernet, 1844. (Image courtesy of Wikipedia/Creative Commons) (RNS) — In the Catholic weekday liturgy, we are currently hearing from Prophet Jeremiah, who ...

Christmas is about Jesus. Along the way, however, there is a whole cast of smaller roles that work together to cooperate with the divine plan. Elizabeth fits this description. She is someone who ...

We live so much — if not all — of our lives according to a set of rules that someone else usually came up with. However, we often don’t realize it is we who pick and choose the rules we decide we will ...