During his weekly general audience, held earlier today in St. Peter’s Square, Pope Benedict XVI said that the ultimate aim of the Gospel is communion with God himself, and through it, true communion ...

Q. The Catholic Church teaches that hell is eternal. How is that consistent with an all-loving God who wants the best for us? If you’re an unrepentant sinner for 50, 60, 70 years or more, does that ...

With a crowd of thousands gathered in St. Peter’s square for the praying of the Angelus on Sunday, Pope Benedict XVI discussed the infinite love of God and the call to enter into communion with Him.

On the first Sunday of October, many Christian churches of a wide range of traditions will observe World Communion Sunday. In the United States, World Communion Sunday marks 85 years going back to Oct ...

It's so important to go to Mass every Sunday because that's where people receive Christ who saves, forgives and unites everyone to his father, church and each other, Pope Francis said. It's also ...

Those who laud scientific advancement as the sine qua non of human civilization should take note of how easily the most industrial and scientifically advanced nations in the history of humanity were ...

God gives all of his children what they need and only asks that they believe in him as their only true and living God. Apostle Willie King Jr., founder and senior pastor of Showers of Blessings ...

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(RNS) — If we continued as usual with just different people in charge, then we missed the revolution Pope Francis is calling for. (RNS) — According to the media, the most important issues facing the ...

Dante closes the “Divine Comedy,” his poetic pondering of eternal life, with the image of a large, multiflora rose. Bees drink from its countless petals. It is the Florentine’s version of St. John’s ...

According to the media, the most important issues facing the Synod on Synodality are the possibility of married priests, women deacons and the blessing of gay couples. The first session of the synod ...