Pope Leo XIV referenced a book, "The Practice of the Presence of God," after being asked what it’s been like becoming the pope.

God never tries to overwhelm us. More than anyone else, God respects our freedom. God lies everywhere, inside us and around ...

whose origin is from of old, from ancient times (Mic 5:1). God chooses to be born in an insignificant place, a village, because God does not come among us to loom large as a person or a presence. No, ...

Jonah is a unique book of prophecy. Jonah was the only Old Testament prophet called by the Lord to go to a foreign land and deliver the word of God, and the only prophet to try to shun the task by ...

It is a beautiful time of year. Coming off the joy of Thanksgiving, we have all of Advent right in front of us. It is time to prepare for our Lord. We prepare both for his birthday at Christmas and ...

The Catholic faith draws on the word of God. We know God and his truth not in the light of our own reason — created, finite and limited — but in the light of his Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 12:3). He ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

If God were completely “other,” we could not relate to God because God would be different from us in every way. But Genesis assures us that we are made in the image and likeness of God. So even in the ...

The small marble table from a Roman-era home was adorned with carved acanthus leaves and the body of Dionysus. When I saw it in the archaeological museum of Thessaloniki, Greece, I broke down crying, ...

I am teaching a course at Seattle University this quarter called “Catholic Imagination in Art and Film.” It’s a big draw, and the students have been engaged and animated from the get-go. We are ...