David Rives, a Christian author and columnist, reflects on Matthew 3:17, "This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased." ...

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

2. Anointing: In baptism we are not just washed of sins, but we also become temples of the Holy Spirit. After baptism there ...

The inner dynamism of Christian prayer is opened to other members of the family of God. The first and preeminent of such ...

The only reason the church exists is because Jesus died to redeem it. And he is the focus of everything that is done in church. Through his blood, mankind is ...

In recent days, images of Los Angeles on fire have been broadcast to the whole world. Where is God in all of this?

Anybody might think that the only words Lancelot Andrewes wrote were the ones that inspired T S Eliot’s The Journey of the ...

The apostle Paul wrote more books in the New Testament than any other man. He was a Pharisee - a religious leader and scholar ...

In the modern West, we value a gift with no strings attached because it preserves our autonomy—we aren’t beholden to anyone.

This is the perfect prayer to shield your nieces and nephews from harm, including negative people and accidents.

“Thus, the whole life of Jesus Christ will make manifest ‘how God anointed Jesus of Nazareth with the Holy Spirit and with power’” (CCC, 486). You could say that in the Old ...