What we can take away from the viral video that elicited such visceral reactions. I’m guessing at least 15 of your friends have posted Jefferson Bethke’s “Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus,” and ...

Sunday, May 5, is the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17. In today’s Gospel, Jesus cuts right through the modern ...

Pope Francis traveled to the ancient Italian city of Matera, where he urged thousands of people gathered in a soccer stadium for Sunday Mass to “rediscover” Eucharistic adoration. “Brothers, sisters, ...

This question might sound a bit bizarre, some would even say it's disrespectful, but a surprisingly large number of believers wonder about it. After all, Jesus Christ was human as much as He was ...

(RNS) — Liturgy is one of the topics to be discussed in Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory, or meeting of cardinals called to advise the pope on particular topics, on Jan. 7-8. I hope the ...

One of my top five favorite Christmas songs is “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.” I see the entire song as a prayer, a prayer bursting forth with great joy. Why? Because we make a shift from ourselves ...

People find Jesus only through humble love, and once they find him, they are called to offer him the gifts of their prayer, their adoration and their care of others, Pope Francis said. Celebrating the ...

The true story of the Jesus of history is not in celebrity or political endorsements or the caricatures from other religions.

Catholics need to recover a sense of awe and adoration before the Eucharist, knowing that it is "the real and loving presence of the Lord," Pope Francis told members of the committees organizing the ...

Tom Krattenmaker is a writer and USA Today columnist who covers religion and public life in the United States. His latest book is Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower. Below is my interview with ...