People sometimes think it is easier to have faith than not to. That once you believe, everything becomes clear and simple.

‘By dying on the cross, he surrendered himself into the hands of the Father, taking upon himself and in himself, with self-sacrificing love, the physical, moral and spiritual wounds of all humanity.’ ...

Critics say American Christianity downplays Christ’s suffering. Two Reformed scholars answer the charge. If non-Western critics are right, American Christians have a skewed view of Jesus. Asian and ...

This is the story of how a man wins a war in the soul by crossing into the unknown territory of pain, isolation and a collapsing body to say one thing: “Yes, God — I give it all to you.” One afternoon ...

Pope Francis leaves the parish of Serafina at the end of a meeting with represenatitves of some aid and charity centers ahead of Sunday’s 37th World Youth Day in Lisbon on Friday, Aug. 4, 2023.

"But we proclaim Christ crucified, a stumbling block to Jews and foolishness to Gentiles" (1 Corinthians 1:23). We repeat St. Paul's statement of faith at every Mass ...

This is the month Americans set aside as the time to honor what it means to be alive and conscious: the spiritual discipline of gratitude. We memorialize the practice the last Thursday of each ...

Having attended Catholic school for my entire life, I can remember my eyes drifting around my classrooms during particularly uninteresting lessons. A good portion of the time, my drifting eyes would ...

A catholic observes Good Friday with prayer and penitence at a street in Nakuru City on April 7, 2023. [Daniel Chege, Standard] On the day Jesus Christ died on the cross, many Kenyans were on Good ...