A few feet before the altar inside St. Michael Catholic Church, schoolchildren file past a large glass case, some making the Sign of the Cross, others reverently folding their hands, looking ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Detroit Catholic The statues include two angels, 10 of the original 12 apostles, St. Paul, and St. Matthias, the apostle who replaced Judas. Mech discovered that he had ...

The Catholic Church has specific theological ... Catholics hold that Christ chose only men to be his 12 apostles, and since the pope is seen as the successor of St. Peter, this creates a ...

according to the Catholic Review. St. Jude was one of Christ’s most intimate collaborators, being part of a group of 12 men called apostles, a Greek term meaning “one who is sent.” ...