Fifty-eight years ago, people in power condemned an Episcopal minister for addressing the president of the United States about a public policy issue during a sermon. The Rev. Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis ...

Only famous Bible stories get their own camp songs, and the trial of Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego in the fiery furnace by Nebuchadnezzar is one of them. The names are repeated no less than seven ...

My clergy colleagues — whether Jewish or Christian, and probably Muslim as well – all tell me that they have a problem.. They want to speak the truth, as they see it, about the current political ...

A young man approached me after I'd preached on Mark 8:34 ("If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me"). I'd quoted Bonhoeffer: "When Jesus calls a man, ...

In his daily Mass, Pope Francis cautioned Christians not to be overly-critical of those who preach the Gospel, emphasizing that focusing too much on personal precepts keeps us from being happy.

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For us million or so run-of-the-mill Catholic Mass-goers in Britain, there have been plenty of bishops’ letters and other hellfire sermons about gay marriage to sit through of late. Since the argument ...

In a July 24 letter, the writer expressed the hope that Catholics who favor mandated abortion coverage in any national health care program will make their views known to their representatives in ...

“If you remain in my word. You will truly be my disciples, and you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free” (John 11:15). Dn 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Jn 8:31-42 Today’s first reading from the ...