The Jubilee Vatican decree lists the corporal and spiritual works and presents many ways to put them into practice.

The definitive suffering of Christ began in the upper room and ended on Calvary. If we want to find the meaning of suffering, we should only look upon the cross. The cross is where we are shown in ...

Paul understands that the suffering he endures serves as a way to be like Christ, as well as it being for Christ’s sake. Paul says: “Indeed I count everything as loss because of the surpassing ...

Many of us have seen the dramatic changes taking place in Syria since the fall of the former regime on Dec. 6.

For Luther, indulgences represented a system that misrepresented the gospel of salvation by faith alone. His bold stand was a ...

It is a scene of devastation, love and hope. A scene from the movie The Soloist somehow reveals the stunning beauty and tenderness of the Heart of God.

We tell ourselves that if we manage it right, we’ll have little suffering and a stress-free life, eventually. However, as we age and become more experienced, we take on different views and ...

Yes, we pilgrims walk under the shadow of the death of the unborn. But we sing of life’s beauty and believe all children ...

The universal church is uniquely positioned to lead a unified approach to loving our neighbors. Frequently, instead of in God ...

To keep our conscience awake and our historical memory alive, transforming suffering into solidarity, free from hatred, ...

The church will hold the First Friday Fundraiser on Friday, Feb. 7, from 5 to 6:30 p.m. The Spaghetti Dinner will be to support Habitat for Humanity in honor of President Jimmy Carter. The menu ...

One of the people culture maven and best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell profiled in his 2008 blockbuster “Outliers: The Story of Success” (Back Bay Books, $11.64) is a man named Chris Langan, who ...