There is no better teacher or witness to prayer than Jesus Christ. This point is emphasized throughout the written gospels. The evangelists want to reveal to us that the Lord was a man of deep prayer ...

What Jesus says doesn’t match what we usually say. Is it permissible to reopen the question of salvation? If we do, how will Jesus’ teachings stand up to our inherited traditions? These questions came ...

At his weekly general audience today, Pope Benedict XVI praised the 18th century Italian St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori, in particular his teaching on the importance of prayer as necessary for ...

VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis on Wednesday encouraged busy Catholics to say the “Jesus Prayer” throughout the day. Speaking at the general audience June 9, the pope recommended the short prayer at the ...

Pope Francis touches an icon of the Holy Famiy during his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 16, 2021. (CNS photo/Vatican Media) Below is the text ...

transformed by God’s power before my very eyes. Jesus tells us in John 14:6 that “I am the way and the truth and your walk with God. It only takes one prayer to have Jesus in your heart: Dear Jesus, I ...

(The Center Square) – Throughout the Hill Country, crosses, words of Jesus, prayers and messages of hope are written on memorials honoring nearly 150 killed from the catastrophic July 4 flash flood.

In these past days I had the grace of enjoying a fascinating treatise, written in 1759, by the great bishop and doctor of the Church, founder of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (namely the ...

Members of the public have left messages and paid their respects for those lost on July 4 at 50-foot memorial Wall of Hope in Kerrville. ©Bethany Blankley for The Center Square (The Center Square) – ...