This Apostle was one of the Twelve, and was called Simon the Cananite by Matthew, but Simon the Zealot by Luke (Matt. 10:4; Luke 6:15). The word "Cananite" used by Matthew is believed to be derived ...

Every Christian should soberly reflect on why God Almighty would allow His devoted followers to be crucified or beheaded.

As we celebrate the Feast Day of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles today, I am reminiscing over the experience of witnessing and being in the presence of St. Jude’s relics. Bone from a part of his ...

When day came he summoned his disciples and picked out twelve of them; he called them 'apostles': Simon whom he called Peter, and his brother Andrew, James, John, Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, ...