With his new encyclical, Pope Francis added his voice to this chorus of encouragement inviting people not to lose heart.

In truth, every one of us needs as much prayer as we can get because we’re imperfect people going through life basically not ...

In "The Gospel of Peace," the Rev. John Dear embarks on a kind of spiritual experiment: interpreting the three synoptic ...

Similarly, the great apostle and perhaps the best Christian theologian of all church history almost duplicated Perez-Alvarez’ ...

(Pope John Paul II, Dominicae Canae) 3. Jesus is counting on you because the Eucharist is the center of life. "Every member of the Church must be vigilant in seeing that the sacrament of love ...

Merriam-Webster defines “cling” as “to hold or hold on tightly or tenaciously; to have a strong emotional attachment or dependence.” There is often a note of desperation in clinging to something, ...

O Jesus, our great High Priest, hear my humble prayers on behalf of your priests ... will ever increase in the course of their priestly life. In their loneliness, comfort them.

As the nation's Catholics prepare to commemorate unborn children in prayer, a U.S. bishop is pointing to the Jubilee Year as ...

George Washington, the first President of the United States, was a man of prayer. This spiritual discipline came about long ...

Even as she suffered, Vickie showed us the profundity of the love God had shown her, how he was infusing her with joy even now.

What an amazing grace! In his final words, Jesus neither condemned the woman nor approved her self-destructive lifestyle. He forgave her sin, removed its penalty and gently told her to turn back from ...

I have learned to appreciate how fragile life is. Being in the hospital setting I have seen people die before me and every time I would hope that the person knew God. Having a relationship with Jesus ...