God's dynamite for salvation is the Gospel message itself. If you are tempted to assume that your noble deeds provide at ...

The faithful keep hope alive even though there are other kinds of plans unfolding, Pope Leo XIV said during an evening prayer service.

I have contemplated submitting an article on a Jewish perspective on God, but I have been very blocked. There are multiple Jewish perspectives on pretty much any issue, so homing in on one Jewish ...

( In my last column, we discussed the high stakes involved in getting spiritual salvation right. So, how can I know where I ...

Jesus says to the Sadducees: “You are completely wrong! You don’t know what the Scriptures teach. And you don’t know anything about the power of God.” (Matthew 22:29). For a true understanding of ...

Sunday, June 24, is the Solemnity of the Nativity of St. John the Baptist. Mass Readings: Isaiah 49:1-6; Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15; Acts 13:22-26; Luke 1:57-66, 80. Today the Church celebrates the Nativity ...

So faith by itself, if it has no works, is dead....You see that a man is justified by works and not by faith alone. James 2:17,24 Some Christians claim that we need only to believe or trust in Christ ...

Protestants and Catholics proclaim the same good news but expect different responses. As a Baptist preacher’s kid, I never gave any serious thought to the question of whether Roman Catholics could be ...

In December we will mark the 400th anniversary of the Pilgrims’ disembarking in Plymouth, Massachusetts. What they endured, and how the responded spiritually to it, are guides for us as we mark the ...

We tend to think that the trial of Jesus happened only at the end of his life before the rulers of the people, Pilate and Herod. In reality, Jesus was on trial for the entirety of his earthly mission.