Prayer is the first element of discernment, Pope Francis said in his general audience message on Wednesday. “To discern we need to be in an environment, in a state of prayer,” he said Sept. 28 in St.

(RNS) — The question isn’t whether a machine can pray, but whether we still know how to listen for the Spirit. (RNS) — I was recently invited to join an online webinar titled “AI & the Future of ...

In his prayer video for March, Pope Francis asked for prayers that Christians be better educated to discern between the voices of the "culture of death" and the voice of God, calling them to carry out ...

One of the buzz phrases in the United Methodist Church appointment process these days is “seasons of ministry.” As our bishops and cabinets try to encourage longer-term ministry appointments, this ...

By Deacon Ryan Burchett For The Catholic Messenger DAVENPORT — During Advent, the Church prays with a special kind of ...Read ...

I had agreed, along with 11 other people from my congregation, to attend a program on congregational discernment, but I was not looking forward to it. I was skeptical of the diocese’s ability to teach ...