Cape Girardeau woman invokes scripture to condemn Rep. Jason Smith’s support of H.R.1 Medicaid and SNAP cuts, likening him to ...

Christmas is so familiar that it is easy to miss how utterly unlike every other religious claim it truly is. The story is ...

A Times Square billboard proclaims "Jesus is a Palestinian." That sentiment is historically inaccurate — and also dangerous.

The out-flowing love is the love that goes to the darkest places in the world and takes the darkness upon itself. In other ...

We, like Joseph, are invited to empty ourselves, choosing to abandon anything that can get in the way of our union with God or our collaboration with God's design for creation.

The term “interesting” is inadequate to describe the phenomenon of Christmas celebrations around the world. More than 160 of ...

The Feast of the Holy Family offers us a unique opportunity to reflect on the meaning of family, love, and faith.

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Love recognizes no barriers. It jumps hurdles, leaps fences, penetrates walls to arrive at its destination full of hope.” — ...

The good news is scripture tells a lot about peace – including that its meaning is so much deeper than the absence of ...

The cloak of Martin is a symbol of the Church’s teaching on care for the poor, not only at Christmas time, but every day. It ...

In the whole Hebrew Bible the full appellation ‘El Shaddai’ is used only in connection with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob. Shaddai by itself also appears 31 times in the ancient book of Prophet Job, who ...