Purgatory is not some portion of the punishment that is hell. It is the sweet completion of what began under the sun.

Greetings to all the readers, hearers and doers of God’s holy word. In the natural state of being, people can become addicted to many things that they may enjoy doing, such as excessive shopping, ...

Pope Benedict XVI has issued a lofty and impassioned plea for everyone in the Church to rediscover the Bible and to grow in “an ever greater love of the Word of God.” “We must never forget that all ...

On Nov. 6, 1932 – Reformation Sunday – Dietrich Bonhoeffer gave a prophetic sermon. The church in which he gave it was the Kaiser Wilhelm Memorial Church. The magnificent edifice was built in the ...

Pope Francis has called Catholics to spend more time with the saving power of God’s word as society and social media amplify “the violence of words.” Speaking of the “immense power” that the word of ...

Pope Francis presides over an Epiphany mass in St.Peter’s Basilica, at the Vatican, Friday, Jan. 6, 2023. (Credit: Andrew Medichini/AP.) Listen ROME – Pope Francis Sunday celebrated a special Mass ...

(THE CONVERSATION) — For years, my husband would say after we returned from the church, “I thought the sermon was good.” To that, I would reply, “I didn’t hear the sermon, as usual.” As a person with ...