You can find today’s readings here. “On that journey as I drew near to Damascus, about noon a great light from the sky suddenly shone around me. I fell to the ground and heard a voice saying to me, ‘I ...

Saint Paul’s entire life can be explained in terms of one experience which was the meeting with Jesus on the road to Damascus. In one moment, he realized that the zeal of his dynamic personality had ...

About 2,500 faithful filled the Roman basilica for the solemn vespers for the solemnity of the conversion of St. Paul. Pope Francis leads an ecumenical second vespers at the Basilica of St. Paul ...

On Jan. 25, the Church celebrates the Conversion of Saint Paul, whose life, mission and martyrdom helped build the Church. Though his voice reaches us through epistles rich with theology and layered ...

When we realize that the letters of St. Paul predated the four gospels and were in circulation as they were being composed by the evangelists, we see the profound influence he had on the formation of ...

In a previous article we asked whether, for the event that renewed Paul’s life on the road to Damascus, it is more accurate to speak of “conversion” or “vocation.” The question would seem to be of ...

Conversion on the Way to Damascus (1601), Caravaggio. Oil on canvas, 230 x 175 cm (90.5 x 68.8 in). Cerasi Chapel, Santa Maria del Popolo, Rome. When I was 14, I had a major jaw surgery that changed ...