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 ...

“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 ...

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The Holy Spirit—one of the persons of the Trinity, referred to as “God” in Acts 5:3-4—has many other names and titles. Most of them indicate an aspect of His function in, or ministry through, the ...

Every year, as the fall approaches, Jews have an opportunity to “wipe the slate clean.” Each Rosh Hashanah, we reflect on our actions of the past year and seek forgiveness for those we have ...

Joy has been a strong thread in the life of ... Town says he made the decision to grow in his Catholic faith and make it “an important part” of his identity, which eventually him to enter ...