Like so many other people, I have been reflecting on the life, teaching and legacy of Pope Francis since his death in April. While his pastoral ministry focused on mercy and inclusion ("todos, todos, ...

Nearly all Black Americans believe in God or a higher power, regardless of their religious affiliation. But what type of God do they have in mind? About three-quarters (74%) of Black Americans believe ...

As part of the Trinity of God, the Holy Spirit plays a vital part in the lives of Christians. After Jesus died, rose and ascended back to heaven, the Holy Spirit was poured out on His Apostles. The ...

Though authoritarians misuse it, the truth of God’s Word remains. Every once in a while, I will hear someone who is otherwise accurately describing the current plight of the church suggest the problem ...

Most people in Western Europe say they believe in God. But in Europe today, believing in God does not necessarily mean belief in the God of the Bible. Indeed, even though all 15 countries surveyed are ...

A Reflection for Monday of the Second Week in Ordinary Time “No one sews a piece of unshrunken cloth on an old cloak. History remembers Martin Luther King’s “Letter from Birmingham Jail” as a detailed ...

I’m in the process right now of collecting my grandfather’s ghost stories from my mother and my aunt and anyone else I can think of who used to sit at his feet and listen to his deep voice on those ...

Readers of the Bible are thus invited to engage in a double act of moral imagination. First, they must imagine that they themselves, and not merely their ancestors, were redeemed from slavery in Egypt ...