A papal conclave blends the political and the spiritual, cardinals and theologians say. Here, in Catholic belief, is how the ...

God is eternal blessedness, undying life, unfading light. God is love: Father, Son and Holy Spirit. God freely wills to communicate the glory of his blessed life. Such is the 'plan of his loving ...

No one has ever seen God; if we love one another, God abides in us and his love is perfected in us” (1 John 4:12).

This month marks the 1,700th anniversary of the Nicene Creed. The creed was created in the year 325 AD and outlines central ...

This Sunday’s readings offer practical, mystical and spiritual resources that the new pope will have to rely on and remember ...

“Studying the Torah at Hebrew day school,” writes Liana Finck, “I thought of it mostly as a portrait of one childlike (and therefore relatable) character full of feelings and desires: God.” Let There ...

Pure speech, service in one accord, no shame because of past mistakes, no longer enduring arrogant and haughty people…where do I sign up?! These are promises we find in Zephaniah 3:9-20. And while ...

Father in Heaven, as Church and individuals, may we always be attentive to the promptings of the Holy Spirit ...

When we talk about eternal life, it brings up one of two emotions and attitudes. Those who believe in the Bible and have ...

The cumulative weight of the Gospels leans in the direction of empathy for and solidarity with whoever is most in need of ...

The Holy Father urged the faithful to carry God’s love ‘everywhere,’ entrusting this mission to the intercession of the ...