This is Italian artist Giotto di Bondone’s depiction of Jesus raising Lazarus from the dead in one of Jesus’ last miracles before he was crucified. Di Bondone lived from 1267-1337. (Courtesy Photo) ...

Sunday, March 26, is the Fifth Sunday of Lent. In today’s Gospel, we hear the story of the raising of Lazarus from the dead. As is proper with all the Gospel accounts, we must not see this as merely a ...

As previously noted, the Gospels of the Third, Fourth and Fifth Sundays of Lent can always use the “scrutiny readings” — the readings for preparing catechumens for Easter Baptism — which happen also ...

“Jesus raises Lazarus," from the Jesus MAFA Project at Vanderbilt Divinity School This article is excerpted from Come Forth: The Promise of Jesus’s Greatest Miracle (HarperOne). “It’s a big thing,” ...

I often tell the congregation of Compassion Church, “Easter is the Superbowl for pastors.” And here we are in the midst of Passion week. I look forward to this season even more than Christmas.

We’ve recently celebrated the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the singular most important event in all of Christianity – and if we believe the Bible, the most important event in the history of all ...

Pope Francis has penned an introduction to the Italian version of a new book by Jesuit Father James Martin on the topic of Jesus’ healing of Lazarus, in which the pope wrote that Martin’s book serves ...

ROME (Reuters) - Caravaggio's "Resurrection of Lazarus," one of the most hauntingly beautiful paintings by the master of chiaroscuro style who lived at the cusp of the 16th and 17th centuries, has ...