Leo XIII is known as the social justice pope because of encyclical, Rerum Novarum. This “Magna Carta of Social Justice” was ...

Within the Christian tradition, pietas is one of the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit. As such, it dwells within the life of every believer. While pietas has been respected by all people of goodwill ...

Meditation for the Ninth Day-"The Fruits of the Holy Ghost": The gifts of the Holy Ghost perfect ... soul and body to You, Eternal Spirit of God. I adore the brightness of Your purity, the ...

Blessed are the poor in spirit ... fruits of the Holy Ghost? A. Charity, joy, peace, &c., are called fruits of the Holy Ghost because they grow in our souls out of the seven gifts of the Holy ...

Father Michael J. Kelley was honored by his flock at St. Martin of Tours Parish in Washington, D.C., and by family and ...

The Holy Spirit reveals himself to each of us through signs that would appear to anyone else to be nothing more than ...

On "Preach," Anthony SooHoo, S.J., draws on unexpected images from Celtic Christianity in his homily for Pentecost, Year C.

Archbishop Bernard Hebda said that Catholics must remember that God has a plan for them and the Catholic Church. This plan is ...

This is confirmation season. While some of our candidates receive this great sacrament in the fall or winter, the vast ...

For us, peace is access once again to the Father. It is being able to walk with him in love, in and through Jesus Christ.

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We live in a time of polarization in society and even in the church. Too many of us maintain a spirit of "I've thought about ...