Growing up in an evangelical Christian household, I was not allowed to listen to secular music—or to any music that did not ...

Whose Bible is the “right” one? And what translation would we use? Some churches lean toward modern translations, and others ...

As devotees of the Office know, there are many options for praying them. The Benedictine Monastic Diurnal is the gold ...

At all times, we have books of instruction, and, above all, the priests of the Church, ever ready to teach us. God will not excuse our ignorance if we neglect to learn our religion when He has ...

Lorenzo's testimony is nothing short of a testament to God's mighty hand of grace and mercy constantly at work.

The Catholic practice of examination of conscience is the biblical model of discipleship. It’s always good to define our ...

Pope Francis has asked the Vatican to study whether the Catholic Church should classify "spiritual abuse" as a new crime in ...

Opus is not a book for the curious Catholic seeking a broad, nuanced understanding of the organization. In its later chapters, Opus turns its focus toward the U.S. and its recent political history.

The Puritans saw the Plymouth Colony as their promised land. That is why so many places in New England bear biblical names: ...

The Way of the Heart, “Silence completes and intensifies solitude.” Yet Scripture does not present solitude and silence as punishments, but as invitations.

Q: Is Dec. 9 a day of obligation? Is this rule new? Is it just for America? (Rochester, New York) A: Normally, Dec. 9 is not ...

Here are the year’s notable fiction, poetry and nonfiction, chosen by the staff of The New York Times Book Review. By The New York Times Books Staff “The New India,” by Rahul Bhatia ...