Ascension Day is an opportunity to reflect upon the significance of Jesus’ post-resurrection earthly departure. Every year, 40 days after Easter and 10 days before Pentecost, we celebrate Jesus’ ...

Pope Francis is continuing Benedict XVI’s practice of reflecting on the Catholic statement of belief at his weekly general audiences as part of the Year of Faith. Pope Francis holds his first general ...

I’ve been listening to a podcast about the Heaven’s Gate cult, thinking how very strange and warped the group members’ beliefs were—they thought aliens from the Hale-Bopp comet were going to pick them ...

In 2013 Pope Francis explained Jesus’ mysterious Ascension into heaven. Here are 7 things he wants you to know about it. Whether your diocese celebrates the Ascension of Christ on Thursday or Sunday, ...

Fellow church members occasionally ask: “If all our sin was dealt with when Jesus died on the cross, why must we still confess it?” The answer is partly found in an oft overlooked aspect of Christian ...

The opening story of the Acts of the Apostles explains that Jesus was "taken up" out of the sight of his followers. Introducing what we call the Acts of the Apostles, Luke tells anybody who will ...

On the solemnity of the Ascension, Christians in Jerusalem ascended to the top of the Mount of Olives, where tradition places the exact location of Jesus’ ascension into heaven. It is the only day of ...

Jesus' ascension to Heaven depicted by John Singleton Copley in “Ascension” (1775). Image courtesy of Creative Commons When you create a password at your bank, it asks you some authentication ...

The ascension is a proof of the significance of the incarnation and, as a result, the significance of each of our lives. Certainly, the ascension directs us to the uniqueness of Jesus, as God and man, ...

Pope Francis proclaimed "we are never alone" and that Jesus is our defender, as he reflected on the Ascension during his Wednesday general audience. "We are never alone in our lives, we have this ...