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 ...

Decision-making is an area of expertise for some. These dear people are able to make decisions large and small feeling calm and certain. I ran into a woman last week in a waiting room who was talking ...

And this I pray, that your love may abound still more and more in knowledge and all discernment, that you may approve the things that are excellent, that you may be sincere and without offense till ...

Spirituality, whether Christian or Muslim, frequently uses the language of battle, so it is not surprising that Pope Francis promotes the Christian equivalent of a spiritual jihad. Many in the West ...

During a Mass said on Monday, the first full day of his visit to Ecuador, Pope Francis called for prayers that the upcoming Synod on the Family might discern the needs of the family, an institution ...

(RNS) — The kind of prayer recommended by a new pamphlet on civic engagement is the kind that helps us listen, detached from our own preconceptions and prejudices. (RNS) — Politics is such a dirty ...

The tradition of writing prayer guides reaches back to the early centuries of the church, to Origen and Evagrius and to the many treatises on the Lord’s Prayer by church fathers. The tradition has ...

When ministry gets overwhelming, centering prayer reminds us that we are more than what we do. I am a relative latecomer to the smart phone market. I enjoy the separation from email when away from the ...