Luke includes in his Gospel an account found nowhere else in the Gospel tradition, a story which fits well with many of the Lucan themes regarding the value and danger of wealth and possessions – not ...

JERUSALEM (RNS) A huge sycamore tree that some believe was climbed by Zacchaeus the tax collector to get a better view of Jesus is the centerpiece of a new tourism campaign by the Palestinian ...

This is French artist James Tissot’s depiction of Zacchaeus in a sycamore-fig tree awaiting Jesus’ arrival. Tissot lived from 1836-1902. (Courtesy Photo) Zacchaeus was a very short man who became ...

Save Outdoor Sculpture, Tennessee survey, 1992. Image on file. The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American ...

Our gospel reading today is on the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and it is a story that has been repeated and repeated many times over by the Catholic Church in order to let the faithful know its ...

Have you completed the book you started months ago? How’s that DIY project coming along? How about the commitment you made to going back to the gym? You bought new shoes, shorts and even a fancy water ...

At the Angelus Pope Francis reaffirms that God, Jesus “never gets tired of forgiving". He invites us to be like Zacchaeus : "To cling onto the desire to be forgiven." Among the more than 40 thousand ...

It is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time and today’s gospel reading is about Zacchaeus, the tax collector, written in Luke 19:1-10. As we learned from this story, Zacchaeus was not just a simple tax ...