With the challenges and trials of life, the need for God's mercy and compassion becomes a beacon of hope that guides us through our darkest times. These divine qualities reflect God's willingness to ...

“Each saint is a mission,” Pope Francis writes in “Rejoice and Be Glad,” “planned by the Father to reflect and embody, at a specific moment in history, a certain aspect of the Gospel.” This is true ...

Sunday, Sept. 9, is the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B). Mass Readings: Isaiah 35:4-7, Psalm 146:6-10, James 2:1-5, Mark 7:31-37. In this Sunday’s Gospel, we read the story of a deaf man.

The problem of righteousness perplexed many in Jesus’ day. Righteousness, in its basic sense, means life as God intended it to be lived. Humanity had somehow lost its way, so God had chosen Israel to ...

I notice when talking with certain people about Christian living, it’s common for them to lose eye contact as they start searching for a way to change the subject. Actually, this is perfectly ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Sunday urged people to remember the closeness, compassion, and tenderness of God. Speaking before the midday Angelus on Feb. 14, the pope reflected on the day’s Gospel ...

This week on the JOURNAL, Bill Moyers spoke with religious scholar Karen Armstrong about her efforts to promote understanding between cultures. Armstrong suggested that human nature has an inherent ...

This is the next in a continuing series of interviews with expert psychologists on how resilience—one of the major themes of my book, A Walking Disaster: What Surviving Katrina and Cancer Taught Me ...