Jimmy Akin

2 weeks ago | catholicworldreport.com | Jonah McKeown |Jimmy Akin |Robert Barron

The statue of St. Peter at the square named for him in the Vatican. / Credit: Stephen Driscoll/CNACNA Staff, Apr 28, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA). The recent death of Pope Francis on April 21 has reignited interest in the centuries-old “Prophecy of the Popes,” also known as the St. Malachy prophecy, which some say indicates that Pope Francis was the last pope the Church will ever have.

Dec 11, 2024 | catholic.com | Jimmy Akin

The Book of Acts does not tell us the full story of early Church history. It provides only partial information. The Book of Acts does not tell us the full story of early Church history. It provides only partial information. This is obvious from the fact that it covers just the period between A.D. 33 and 60, when it suddenly stops (providing us an important clue to when it was written). Even within that time frame, though, it is only a partial record.

Dec 4, 2024 | catholicworldreport.com | Jimmy Akin |Carl Olson

Church of Panagia tou Arakos, triumphal arch, wall paintings, Lagoudera, Cyprus — north side, St. John of Damascus. / Credit: Winfield, David, CC0, via Wikimedia CommonsNational Catholic Register, Dec 4, 2024 / 04:00 am (CNA). On Dec. 4 we celebrate St. John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene. A priest and religious, he became a doctor of the Church. He’s also the last Church Father. Here are seven things to know and share about St. John of Damascus. 1.

Dec 4, 2024 | catholicnewsagency.com | Jimmy Akin

National Catholic Register, Dec 4, 2024 / 04:00 am On Dec. 4 we celebrate St. John of Damascus, also known as St. John Damascene. A priest and religious, he became a doctor of the Church. He’s also the last Church Father. Here are seven things to know and share about St. John of Damascus. 1. Why is he the last of the Church Fathers? We need to divide history into different periods. The age of the Church Fathers was not the same as the ages that came before it or the ages that followed it.

Nov 30, 2024 | catholicnewsagency.com | Jimmy Akin

National Catholic Register, Nov 30, 2024 / 04:48 am St. Andrew, whose feast day is Nov. 30, was one of the two initial disciples of John the Baptist who encountered Jesus at the beginning of John’s Gospel. He was one of Jesus’ closest disciples, but many people know little about him. St. Andrew was the brother of St. Peter, also known as Simon bar-Jonah. He and Andrew shared the same father, so the latter would have been known as Andrew bar-Jonah.