Q: Does a Christian sin if they do not witness for God? — C.T. A: All Christians are witnesses; they are either sharing what Christ has done in their life by word and deed, or they are not. Some are ...

Contemporary Christianity spends itself far more in posing questions and pondering problems than in maintaining and promulgating the faith. The habit of the early Church was otherwise. It leaned hard ...

During a meeting with the pilgrims from the Italian Diocese of Verona, Pope Benedict XVI called on married couples to be witnesses of God’s fidelity. “You have come to be confirmed in the faith,” he ...

Our editors' top picks to read today. Is religious freedom really at stake during the pandemic’s social-distancing? It could be that action taken to protect public health is not at all in tension with ...

The Catholic Church gives an authentic witness of God's love for all men and women only when it fosters the grace of unity and communion, Pope Francis said. Unity is part of "the DNA of the Christian ...

Mary Magdalene's proclamation, "I have seen the Lord," signifies the life-giving power of Jesus' resurrection. Witnesses to transformative acts defy despair and division, embodying the Easter story.

Pope Francis said Saturday that Saints Peter and Paul are both witnesses to the transformative power of God's forgiveness through which all Christians can experience a new beginning of peace and joy. ...

When I was reflecting on the Scriptures, especially the Gospel lesson, it brought back to my mind something that happened at a bishops' meeting many years ago. The United States bishops had, sometime ...

VATICAN CITY — Servant of God Shahbaz Bhatti, a Catholic politician from Pakistan who was killed in 2011, is a witness of how to act with love in the face of hatred, Pope Francis said Friday. Speaking ...

For complex historical and religious reasons,Americans have found it easy to view the U.S. as the “new Israel,” the carrier of God’s mandates in the world. This view has led to an expansive notion of ...