Every year, Passover and Easter fall in close proximity because both are calculated on a modified lunar calendar (modified so that they always fall during the springtime). This year, they overlap.

Last Sunday, I was disappointed to see the men’s basketball team of my beloved alma mater, Baylor University, get pushed out of the Sweet 16 by the stronger Clemson University team. Nevertheless, I ...

Each year Jews, Muslims and Christians celebrate their most holy days around the same time of spring. Each of these three religions trace their religion to Abraham who lived around 4,100 years ago.

P7. Easter; Jesus’ death, resurrection and ascension; identifying which parts are happy and which sad; celebrations. Includes ...

I met my best friend, Monsignor Tom Hartman (Tommy to me), at this time of the year in 1987. Our friend Chuck Dolan asked us to appear together on a local cable news program to explain the ...

1 Corinthians 15:3-4 states, “For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, that he was buried, that he was raised on the ...

President Donald Trump rang in Easter Sunday with a video message for Christians. Trump told the brief story behind the biblical holiday centered on Jesus Christ, who, according to Christian tradition ...

These words, with slight variations, will echo today in many different languages as most Christians around the world celebrate Easter. They are a statement of hope. And the church has always ...

I met my best friend, Msgr. Tom Hartman (Tommy to me), at this time of the year in 1987. Our friend Charles Dolan asked us to appear together on a News 12 Long Island program to explain the ...

Happy springtime! The formation of religious holy days is a mixture of history and myth. The celebration of new life in the spring is the most ancient cause of religious celebration. The dry and ...