At the conclusion of today’s general audience, Pope Benedict XVI recalled the example of St. Pio of Pietrelcina as the Church celebrates his feast day and encouraged Catholics to follow his example of ...

Palestinians are crying for freedom and pleading that enough is enough. While the democratically-elected Hamas—Gaza's governmental authority—is legitimately labeled a terrorist group, Israel's ...

Paul tells Timothy to focus on living a God-centered life … “set an example for the believers in speech, in life, in love, in faith and in purity” (1 Timothy 4:12). That's what Paul told Titus: “In ...

In his Easter sermon on Saturday, Pastor Rick Warren of Saddleback Church in Southern California stressed that God sent Jesus to show mercy to everybody, and shared three examples of how that applies ...

In just over a week, Catholics will celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Honoring the Apostolic tradition that Mary’s body and soul was assumed into Heaven at the ...

In the book "Song of Solomon," God is compared to a well of living water: "A garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon" (Song of Solomon 4:15). God is the source of all ...

Q: I read with much interest your recent column that includes the four kinds of prayers. I have never been a confident pray-er and enjoy some helpful prayers of others. May I ask if you could give me ...