Posts by Tom Hoopes

This Sunday the Gospel is all about three different encounters with the devil: First, in the Garden of Eden; second, in the desert — and, third, the one you just entered into this Lent.

If martyrs are the seeds of the Church’s future, then the Church is about to explode — because there are more martyrs right now than ever before.

A woman with a hemorrhage has faith that if she only touches Jesus’ garment, she will be healed. We must grasp for the same level of faith. Click here to see all

For me the Gospel about loving your enemies is theoretical. The Christian heroes in Congo will hear the readings in a totally different way.

Cardinal Philippe Barbarin is the Archbishop Emeritus of Lyon, France. The Little Sisters of the Lamb community in Kansas City, Kansas, on Feb. 13 brought the cardinal to Benedictine College in Atchison,

When Father Stu hit theaters last year, he wasn’t the first priest-hero movie in years; he was the latest.. And Chosen is only the most recent of many high-profile treatment of Jesus.

Jesus casts the demonic Legion into a drove of swine. Your host, Tom Hoopes, shares some common myths about the devil, and then shares a personal story about the demonic world and

Jesus says something very relevant to the discussion about how to welcome people into the Church in the Gospel for the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year A.

Our times would be far more harsh without Christ. Witnesses to Christianity and the Catholic faith fundamentally transformed the world as we know it.

This week on The Extraordinary Story, we look at the story of Jesus Christ calming the storm. But you could see this story as Jesus Christ bringing the storm. We’ll see how