Pope Benedict XVI presided this Saturday evening the Easter Vigil at the Vatican Basilica, and during the homily he highlighted the human desire for longevity and even eternity, noting that in the ...

President Obama used his last address at the National Prayer Breakfast Thursday to discuss overcoming fear by embracing faith. “For God has not given us a spirit of fear but of power and of love and ...

Photo by Olga Kononenko on Unsplash. Today’s Gospel continues Mark’s account of Jesus’ ministry in Galilee. The reading offers a model for empathy and care for the sick. The first reading, from ...

The Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Gregory the Great, Pope and Doctor of the Church At sunset, all who had people sick with ...

Occasionally, a student in one of the literature classes I teach will ask me how I know that a symbol is really a symbol, that I'm not just overreacting to something in the text. I always reply that ...