Using the heart as a powerful representation of the embodied core of human existence has biblical, and even pre-Christian ...

For more than 26 years, Pope John Paul II traveled the world with a silver pastoral staff topped with a dramatic, abstract ...

I have been thrilled by the world’s attention to the Conclave and the election of the first American pope, Leo XIV. This ...

Sunday, June 1, is the Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord (Boston; Hartford, Connecticut; New York; Newark, New Jersey; ...

“For at the moment the sound of your greeting reached my ears, the infant in my womb leaped for joy. Blessed are you who ...

Suddenly I heard the most beautiful noise I have ever heard in my life: the sound of tens of thousands of people cheering as ...

St. Augustine calls this life the ‘Before Easter’ season — a time of labor, suffering and praise — preparing us for the ...

John’s Gospel reveals a deeply human Jesus—tired, thirsty, grateful, and weeping. This reflection explores the emotional life ...