Have you ever thought about how you would respond if a celebrity you admire came to your house one day and said, “I would like to stay here with you, and what is mine is yours?” More than likely you ...
A German theologian and friend of Benedict XVI, drawing on the writings of a ninth-century bishop, appears to have made a historic and fascinating discovery, revealing how the Shroud of Turin and the ...
Luke throws us into the middle of contrasts in today's Gospel. Having been roundly rejected at home in the hills of Nazareth, Jesus went down to Capernaum, about 20 miles away and with an "elevation" ...
Most spiritual people go through times when it is difficult to pray. Sometimes that means making a persistent effort that feels as if it bears no fruit. More often, for me, the challenge comes when I ...
Are you finding yourself sometimes exhausted by the chaos of the world around you? Or maybe by the swirl of frustration, disappointment or pain in your own heart? In what is commonly called “The Great ...
ROME — Jesus invites everyone to repent and to turn swords into plowshares and missiles into factories and homes, the papal preacher said. “This year we celebrate Easter not to the joyful sound of ...
Luke throws us into the middle of contrasts in today's Gospel. Having been roundly rejected at home in the hills of Nazareth, Jesus went down to Capernaum, about 20 miles away and with an "elevation" ...
“When you give a banquet,” Jesus said, “invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, and the blind,” but he didn’t say anything about atheists. Jesus apparently did not run into many atheists, but we ...