God likes to intervene behind the scenes and without fanfare, always ready to help and lift people up, Pope Francis said. “And then, if we are attentive to these 'signs,' we will be conquered by his ...

“The days are coming, says the LORD, when I will fulfill the promise I made to the house of Israel and Judah” (Jer 33:14). I wonder if there is anyone in the world who has not been affected by the ...

Find today’s readings here. “This generation is an evil generation; it seeks a sign.” That stings a little—O.K., a lot. But maybe Jesus is right. Maybe we, like generations of old, do want God to ...

As Pharaoh’s heart hardens, God continues to prove God’s existence and subsequently, God’s strength. Plagues are unleashed and God’s signs ultimately convince Pharaoh to let the Hebrew slaves leave ...

Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope Benedict XVI asked for in the third millennium. After a lifetime of living a nominal ...

“We have been dealt a knockout blow.” That was how Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris described the massive fire that nearly destroyed the Cathedral of Notre Dame de Paris April 15. Coming at the ...

Guest columnist Robert Nosanchuk is senior rabbi of Anshe Chesed Fairmount Temple, a community that nurtures love, justice, hope, joy, connection and growth. For more ...

Even the wisest of humans cannot measure the infinite. Lord Krishna’s life shows us glimpses of divine presence through miracles, guidance, and love that defy logic. Science may attempt to explain the ...

The perversion of language is one of the most unsettling components of our current social and political discourse. Expressions and meanings have been turned upside down and inside out. "Freedom" has ...

Randall J. Stephens is a professor of American and British Studies at the University of Oslo. The essayist and editor Joseph Epstein once observed that the 1960s “are something of a political ...