Today is the Feast of St. Andrew, one of the original Twelve Apostles. Andrew was the brother of Peter, and both were fishermen. In the Gospels of Matthew (4:18-20) and Mark (1:16-17), they are ...

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.

This year, St. Andrew’s Day happened to fall on “Cyber Monday,” a day when many of us are tempted to fall into the feverish frenzy of online shopping, hyper-consumerism and holiday commotion.

Today, in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI reflected on the life of St.Andrew the Apostle, brother of St. Peter, who, he said, is the embodiment of fraternity between the Church of Rome and ...