Belief in God is rejected by some on the grounds that it is both intellectually puerile and emotionally demeaning. On this view, the very idea of God entails, at best, infantilism, at worst, slavish ...

Ron Hansen has written award-winning novels that have been turned into Hollywood hits. As an ordained deacon, he crafts ...

Proposed closing of churches may be a case of treating symptoms but not seeking a cure for falling attendance and financial ...

While most parishes struggle to attract young members, Saint Clement Parish in Chicago stands out with a mostly young adult ...

(ANSA) - ROME, JAN 13 - Pope Francis on Saturday told priests to keep their homilies down to 8 minutes to as to more ...

His earliest known works, the Sermones Catholici (c.990–5), are adaptations of Latin texts rendered in Old English. The homilies draw on the gospels, saints' lives and other doctrinal themes. They ...

COMMENTARY: Parish priests, after years of pointed criticisms from the Holy Father, will appreciate the kind words in his letter, but they might be less enthusiastic about his call to become ...

A roughly 25-minute lecture from Connors on “preaching the just word” followed the 50-minute discussion. When the lecture ...

The sky is cloudless and blue on a warm April afternoon as a cheerful Mike Johnson, seated on a beige couch next to an unlit ...

From Tan’s new book, ‘The Backyard Bird Chronicles,’ drawings and observations about attracting and befriending birds ...

This year's Orthodox Easter in Russia falls on a date particularly suited to celebrations of the religion of war, the ‘holy ...

Spacey Unmasked Channel 4, 9pm In July 2023, Kevin Spacey, one of the most high-profile scalps of the MeToo movement, was ...