On Judgment Day, "we will not be able to depend on titles, credits nor privileges. The Lord will recognize us if we in turn will have recognized Him in the poor, the hungry, the indigent and ...

Jesus, the founder of Christianity, was a revered teacher and healer and mystic. But, in addition to being all that, Jesus was something of a jokester. If you don’t think so, consider the parable that ...

While writing the article about The Doxology, for some reason I thought about The Beatitudes. I don’t think I’ve written about these before. Strangers often ask where my stories come from and I can ...

VATICAN CITY — The beatitudes are the most direct path toward happiness and holiness, Pope Francis said during Mass on All Saints’ Day. He urged the congregation to imitate Jesus in walking the ...

In the “Beatitudes,” Jesus lays the foundation of his ministry by planting seeds of compassion, mercy and spirituality. Those teachings have been analyzed and interpreted in a variety of ways since ...

Christians should memorize not only the Ten Commandments but also the beatitudes, which Jesus taught as the path to true happiness, Pope Francis said. At his weekly general audience Wednesday, the ...

I once heard a story that used to make me laugh. "Computers are so powerful that pretty soon the country will be run by one computer, one man, and a dog," the teller says. "Really?" says the hearer.

VATICAN CITY — The eight beatitudes proclaimed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount reveal the path from selfishness to holiness, Pope Francis said at his general audience Wednesday. Speaking via ...

As we search for meaning in the “blessings,” we must let them transform us. The yellowing notebook for my college philosophy of religion class contains this plaintive inscription: Sunday school was ...