“For today, as in the early Church, the Gospel will not make headway in the world as a result of ‘the wisdom of discourses,’ but through the mysterious power of the cross.” So writes Cardinal Raniero ...

Pope Francis on Sunday said defeats are not definitive for those who believe in Jesus Christ and trust in God’s love and forgiveness. In his prepared March 9 homily for the First Sunday of Lent, the ...

On Ash Wednesday I read an extraordinary homily. It was exceedingly short, just 340 words. And it had a take on Lent that was decidedly unexpected. “As we enter this time of prayer, fasting, and ...

While Pope Francis remained in Rome's Gemelli Hospital, Italian Cardinal Angelo De Donatis celebrated the Ash Wednesday Mass in his place in a poignant ceremony at the Basilica of Santa Sabina on ...

Pope Francis said the Lenten journey reminds the Church that hope in Jesus Christ ultimately overcomes fears of fragility, weakness, and the brevity of life. “Made of ashes and earth, we experience ...

On a cold December morning in 1832, a New England farmer named John Durfee found the corpse of a young woman hanging from a stack pole on his farm. She was Sarah Maria Cornell, a 29-year-old mill ...