Like Saul of Tarsus, I greatly anticipated my arrival in Damascus, an ancient city even in his day. Of course, I was not coming to persecute Christians, as was his intent. My aim was to retrace his ...

With the stunning change of leadership in Syria and the end of a 50-year reign of the Assad regime, the significance of religious history in Syria shouldn't be overlooked. Most Syrians are now Muslim, ...

Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of teachings on St. Paul Sept. 3, focusing on Paul’s dramatic conversion on the road to Damascus. The ultimate source of our own conversion does not lie in ...

Parini’s fantastic latest (after Empire of Self) recounts the journeys of Paul of Tarsus as told from the apostle’s own perspective and that of his traveling companion, Luke, the Gospel’s author. A ...