On the 20th anniversary of Pope John Paul II's death, reflections highlight his leadership, faith, and personal interactions ...

Mystic-stigmatist Luz de Maria de Bonilla received recently messages from Our Lord Jesus Christ and God the Father The latest message received was when Our Lord ...

In the Vatican-nodded Marian apparitions in Medjugorje (Bosnia-Herzegovina) last Feb. 25, the Blessed Mother gave to visionary Mirjana a message stressing the n ...

In the 19th-century, Harriet Livermore boldly defended a women’s right to speak in the church and pulpit.

The gifts of the Holy Ghost are Wisdom, Understanding, Counsel, Fortitude, Knowledge, Piety, and Fear of the Lord. Q ... Blessed are the poor in spirit, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

The missonaries’ March 28-30 gathering included training sessions, communal prayer, and a pilgrimage through the Holy Door of St ... two caresses with which the Lord wipes every tear from ...

This column was first preached as a sermon at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Spirit, Vashon Island on the Second Sunday in Lent, March 16, 2025. The readings for that day are Genesis 15:1-12,17-18; ...

Chip Sweney serves on the executive leadership team at Perimeter Church, where he has been a pastor for nearly three decades.

Neither Sarah nor Hagar/Ha-jar are mentioned by name in the Qur’an, but the story of Ha-jar’s exile from Abraham’s home is traditionally understood to be referred to in a line from Ibrāhīm’s prayer in ...

And when He had said this, He breathed on them and said to them, 'Receive the Holy Spirit. Whose sins ... the Risen Lord pierced through all fear and united the hearts of the disciples with ...

To go and proclaim the Gospel, we first need to set down the burden of our history at the feet of the Lord, to consign to him the weight of our past,' the Pope said.

The Vatican is marking a special Holy Year event Friday into Saturday about the practice — “24 hours for the Lord” — and ... also in the spirit of the church meeting people where they ...