witness

Political questions, especially about immigration, become more complex when we see the people involved joining us at the communion rail.

A seasoned pastor shares a visceral experience of grief for those seemingly cut off from the means of grace and the hope of the Gospel.

An unexpected gift reveals the mission of the church: to woo the world back to God through the self-giving love revealed in Jesus' Eucharistic sacrifice.

By Graham Tomlin In the past few years, an idea has been growing that has the potential to shift the cultural narrative about Christian faith...

By Zachary Guiliano I always knew I’d wear black. My first inkling came when I was 18 and an intern at a Pentecostal church. I attended...

By Jean McCurdy Meade On the Second Sunday After the Epiphany, the Old Testament reading was 1 Samuel 3:1-10, and the gospel was John 1:43-51....

The external witness of vowed religious — habits, cloister, the Opus Dei (the daily round of psalms, hymns, and collects recited in chapel) — are the first things Christians notice about the monastics among them. But, of course, that is not the whole story of the charism and fruit of the religious life

Why have so many religious communities determined that the distinctive separation of religious men and women from the laity is a problem to be erased?

May our reading of John’s Gospel inspire us to write more chapters of the good news of Jesus by sharing the power of his forgiveness and the hope of his resurrection with the world God loves so much.

We may still be attracted to the holy, but disbelief permeates our faith in God because it’s what we “breathe in our times.” Therefore, it’s becoming harder – even for Christians – to view God as believable in today’s age.