At a general audience, Pope Francis said that homilies should run under 10 minutes and be guided by the Holy Spirit.

John Banville is surely the only crime novelist in recent memory who has won the Booker Prize and is regularly rumored to be ...

Repentance and reconciliation have a role to play in Lent as well as Advent. But the distinction between the two seasons ...

Focusing again on the fundamental Christian beliefs outlined by the Council of Nicaea almost 1,700 years ago can help ...

Then the wolf shall be a guest of the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; The calf and the young lion shall ...

The Advent season prepares us for the incredibly humble journey of Jesus’ birth. This carol provides another dimension of ...

Laudato Si’” and its implementation seem to have stalled in the church. We need to revivify our efforts—and to recognize the ...

Yet this can be something of an illusion. Here’s a classic truism: There is no better time to be alive than the present. The ...

To kick off the fourth season of “Hark! The stories behind our favorite Christmas carols,” we have a Christmas song that ...

(Ordinarily, the pope’s body is displayed for several days of mourning following his death.) ...

The box office success of “Gladiator II” is a reminder that many Americans are obsessed with the Roman Empire. They've been ...

If heaven is like a wedding banquet, then purgatory may be understood as preparation for a great celebration. It is not a ...