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

Lotfy Nathan's not-so-provocative Nicolas Cage vehicle 'The Carpenter's Son' makes the life of Jesus seem terrifying to ...

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 ...

The cast and crew of THE CHOSEN described Season 6 as “easily our hardest” to film — and for good reason. Shot over their ...

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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 ...

I had a wedding a few weeks ago and the couple was very impressive. As can happen when one is a bishop, I was grateful that another priest conducted the marriage preparation for this couple. As a ...

Lent is not just one more liturgical season. It is a time of abundant grace for a new conversion, when God is “purifying us by the sacred practice of penance,” as we pray at Mass during Lent. Most ...

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 ...