What we can take away from the viral video that elicited such visceral reactions. I’m guessing at least 15 of your friends have posted Jefferson Bethke’s “Why I Hate Religion But Love Jesus,” and ...

Pope Francis traveled to the ancient Italian city of Matera, where he urged thousands of people gathered in a soccer stadium for Sunday Mass to “rediscover” Eucharistic adoration. “Brothers, sisters, ...

Sunday, May 5, is the Sixth Sunday of Easter. Mass readings: Acts 10:25-26, 34-35, 44-48; Psalm 98:1, 2-3, 3-4; 1 John 4:7-10; John 15:9-17. In today’s Gospel, Jesus cuts right through the modern ...

(RNS) — Liturgy is one of the topics to be discussed in Pope Leo XIV’s first extraordinary consistory, or meeting of cardinals called to advise the pope on particular topics, on Jan. 7-8. I hope the ...

One of my top five favorite Christmas songs is “Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee.” I see the entire song as a prayer, a prayer bursting forth with great joy. Why? Because we make a shift from ourselves ...

This question might sound a bit bizarre, some would even say it's disrespectful, but a surprisingly large number of believers wonder about it. After all, Jesus Christ was human as much as He was ...

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People find Jesus only through humble love, and once they find him, they are called to offer him the gifts of their prayer, their adoration and their care of others, Pope Francis said. Celebrating the ...

It's the poem about Jesus versus "religion" that's lighting up the blogosphere at a dizzying pace. "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus" by spoken-word artist Jefferson Bethke has received more than ...

Tom Krattenmaker is a writer and USA Today columnist who covers religion and public life in the United States. His latest book is Confessions of a Secular Jesus Follower. Below is my interview with ...