Roma, 67 AD. After the great fire that burnt a great part of the city, Emperor Nero points Paul, Jesus' apostle, as guilty of the fire, arresting him and taking him to Mamertine Prison. There prefect ...
Speaking to 9,000 pilgrims gathered at the Paul VI Hall this morning, Pope Benedict reflected on St. Paul as an apostle of Jesus Christ. Though he did not belong to the group of the Twelve that Jesus ...
James Faulkner, left, and Jim Caviezel in “Paul, Apostle of Christ.” Mark Cassar Columbia Pictures “Paul, Apostle of Christ” casts Jim Caviezel — who played Jesus in Mel Gibson’s awful “The Passion of ...
BOTTOM LINE A well-acted but slow and over-talky Biblical adaptation. The place is Rome and the year is AD 67 in “Paul, Apostle of Christ,” an account of the biblical figure’s last days. Written and ...
The film delves into themes of faith, war, love, fear, mercy and grace, and how they speak to loving and walking with Christ. But despite these themes – which should make for a great faith-based movie ...
June 29 marks the feast of Sts. Peter and Paul. The New Testament, of course, portrays Peter as a Galilean Jew, a fisherman, who became an early disciple of Jesus. He is remembered as being foremost ...
Jesus is the mystery that embodied the presence of God in the world. Peter and Paul were charged with conveying that mystery faithfully to the world. Jesus is the Christ, God’s anointed One, while ...