Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives for his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday ...

Sacred Scripture says that Phinehas was justified by works, just as Abraham was (James 2:21-22 below): Psalms 106:30-31 (RSV) Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, and the plague was stayed. And that ...

This column is the second in a series of 10 explaining salvation from the historic Christian viewpoint. Nine different aspects of salvation were introduced last month. This month, the first of the ...

Sola fide is shorthand for the central issue of the Reformation, the material cause, which was the question of justification.

The doctrine with which we are concerned is both the divine heart of the Gospel and the Gospel for the human heart. To seek an answer to the question, How can a man be just before God? is to be ...

During his general audience on Nov. 26, Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of catecheses on St. Paul. He spoke about the consequences deriving from justification by faith and by the action of the ...

So here we see the passage that links the Scriptural emphases of the months of October and November. May it remind us to ...

Dear Readers: This holiday weekend, let's pray for the safety of our armed forces -- and give thanks we can worship God as we choose! Dear Lee: I'm bothered that you classify Sabbath observance as ...

Romans 3 Human sin and depravity; justification through faith and not through observance of the Law. Romans 4 Abraham was saved through faith not through the Law (circumcision). Romans 7 Human beings ...

We cannot be again the church (or the society) we were or thought we were, but we can become the church (and the society) that we are called to become. Recently, I listened to a series of ...