If you have ever struggled to wrap your mind around the biblical doctrine of election predestination , you are not alone ...

He reminded priests in his homily that St. Peter, the first pastor of the Catholic Church, denied Christ three times, leaving the apostle in tears. He said St. Peter "rising up from his wounded ...

Peter washed away his denial of Christ with bitter tears of repentance; he was the first of the Apostles to enter the Savior's tomb after His resurrection, and the first of the Apostles to be ...