Lent, including Holy Week, should be a time of renewal and growth in our spiritual lives. Maybe we can find a new lesson in a tried-and-true Lenten devotion, one that holds great depth: the Stations ...

In the Bible, Jesus never explains suffering, but he reaches out to those who are hurting, heals them and ultimately, on the cross, shares and redeems the suffering of all humanity, Pope Francis said.

Tom Griffin is the chair of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island. He is also the founder and ...

Jesus is always walking alongside everyone, no matter how mundane or precarious their journey, Pope Leo XIV said.

Pope Francis told the estimated 800,000 young people praying the Stations of the Cross together at World Youth Day in Portugal on Friday evening that Jesus can open the windows of the soul and wipe ...

This Sunday's readings call out rich people living well while ignoring the suffering of poor people around them. Jesus, who became the poorest of the poor in his passion, calls us to see himself in ...

Lent is not just one more liturgical season. It is a time of abundant grace for a new conversion, when God is “purifying us by the sacred practice of penance,” as we pray at Mass during Lent. Most ...

We speak about bridge-building and most of us agree it is a good thing. The questions that always enter my mind are: By ...

There is an obstacle that often prevents us from recognizing Christ’s presence in our daily lives: the assumption that joy ...

LANCASTER AS IT PAUSED FOR REFLECTION. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE GATHERED HERE AT SAN JUAN BAUTISTA THIS GOOD FRIDAY. IT’S A TRADITION THAT’S BEEN PART OF THIS CONGREGATION FOR FOR 40 YEARS. THAT IS WHEN ...

Playing Jesus meant a world of torment for Jim Caviezel, who stars in Mel Gibson's ferociously violent "The Passion of the Christ." Caviezel dangled nearly naked on a cross in bone-chilling winds ...

LUCERNE, Switzerland (AP) — Would you trust an "AI Jesus" with your innermost thoughts and troubles? Researchers and religious leaders on Wednesday released findings from a two-month experiment ...