Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Charles, a brilliant history major in his senior year, tells Tom, his academic mentor, that he has decided to enter a divinity school. With no little empathy for the young man, his professor responds, ...

October marks the end of the Discalced Carmelite Order’s celebration of the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Teresa of Ávila. St. Teresa is a doctor of the Church and one of history’s greatest ...

Around the beginning of the fifth century, there was an elderly widow named Proba. One day in Church she heard the passage from Romans which says that we do not know how we ought to pray (Romans 8:26) ...

Being indifferent to or hating others is to deny the existence of God's presence in one's neighbor, Pope Francis said. "This is practical atheism," the pope said Oct. 21 during his weekly general ...

A When I talk to children about prayer, I tell them that there are only four types of prayers: Thanks, Gimmie, Oops, and Wow! I have them stand up and scream with me ...

Prayer isn't about closing oneself in a room with God "to put makeup on your soul — that's not prayer, that's fake praying; to pray is to face God and allow yourself to be sent by him to help a ...

Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on Sept. 28, 2022. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter. Dear ...

magazine, where he is now editor-in-chief, the friend thought he was about to work for a travel magazine. "In a way, he was right," Grinnan told about 800 people gathered Thursday morning for the ...

Pope Francis leads his general audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Oct. 21, 2020. (Credit: Paul Haring/CNS.) Listen ROME — Being indifferent to or hating others is to deny the existence of God’s ...