President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump led the National Christmas Tree Lighting ceremony with hockey ...

Sunday, May 15, is the Fifth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 14:21-27; Psalm 145:8-9, 10-11, 12-13; Revelation 21:1-5a; John 13:31-33a, 34-35. In today’s Gospel, Our Lord sets forth for us a new ...

“Dear friends, let us love one another, for love comes from God. Everyone who loves has been born of God and knows God. Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love. This is how God ...

Donald Trump shifted to a personal tone at the tree lighting, wishing Americans a Merry Christmas and joking with Melania that 'we love them all' ...

Love is the central action in Jesus’ ministry, and it is the focus of today’s Gospel. Jesus gives a commandment that is not completely new, although he makes a notable addition that should inform how ...

As noted last week, the focus of the Gospels of the latter Sundays of Easter switches from accounts of Jesus’ appearances to his Apostles after Easter to elements of his teaching, in preparation for ...

One of my dearest friends, a retired teacher of German descent, tutors children at an urban school. Once, while working on reading with an 8-year-old African American child, they shared a book about ...

Mr. Wehner is a senior fellow at the Trinity Forum. The enduring significance of Christmas is that it represents perhaps the most distinctive feature of the Christian faith — the concept of the ...

To worship as one chooses needs to be respected. Even by those who don’t believe, especially by those who don’t. Believing ...

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This week’s response to Psalm 103 calls attention to a familiar theme of the Bible, “love.” “Love one another as I have loved you.” Such a claim affords great comfort and consolation in these times.