This is the first in a two-part series on heaven and hell by Bible scholar Robyn Whitaker. You can read her piece on heaven here. “This is hell” we might proclaim, midway through a boot camp session ...

One of the earliest saints to receive a firsthand glimpse into the heavenly realm was St. John the Evangelist. In the Book of Revelation he described the heavenly Jerusalem coming with “the glory of ...

I accidentally read three books on hell last month. I hadn’t planned to read any of them. What I discovered from the novel, the biography, and the piece of literary criticism is that we still need the ...

While most Catholics well-versed in their faith could probably provide a robust explanation as to the question of why Jesus suffered and died on the cross, the reasons for why he subsequently ...

Hell can be a fiery underworld inferno, a place of eternal torment, the home of Satan, Paradise Lost, Hades, Gehanna, Tartarus, Apollyon, Abaddon or a Katy Perry concert. But it can also be used to ...