Discerning the will of God means being able to listen to one's own heart and recognize the Lord's presence in the unexpected events of life, Pope Francis said. Like St. Ignatius of Loyola, whose ...

An inability to dialogue and to accept that God may be doing new things are signs of disobedience to God, Pope Francis said. Obedience often leads people to a path for their life that is not the one ...

Gerhard Bowering, a professor of Islamic Studies at Yale, brought Boston College professors, Jesuits, graduate, and undergraduate students together this Wednesday for another installation of the ...

Archbishop William Temple gives us his definition of worship in his book “Nature, Man and God.” Temple writes, “Worship is the submission of all our nature to God. It is the quickening of conscience ...

Evangelical Protestantism (which I was an enthusiastic part of from 1977-1990, and retain many fond memories of and gratefulness for) is known for having lots of slogans and catch-phrases and mantras ...

Photo by Aaron Burden, courtesy of Unsplash. A Reflection for Saturday of the Eighteenth Week in Ordinary Time You can find today’s readings here. “Hear, O Israel! The LORD is our God, the LORD alone!

Q. Did God mean it when he said he would visit the iniquity of the fathers upon their children to the third and fourth generation? That sounds unfair. J.B., Richmond, Va. A. I find at least four times ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd as he leaves his general audience in St. Peter’s Square at the Vatican Sept. 7, 2022. The banner on St. Peter’s Basilica shows Blessed John Paul I, who was beatified by ...