Spirituality

If you made mistakes, ‘turn back’ to Jesus, pope urges

Everyone has fallen and made mistakes, but is it important to "get up right away and keep walking," Pope Francis told thousands of people about to set off on an overnight walk.

Mom and Dad’s uncivil separation hurts adult children too

The pain of parents' divorce can burden children of any age, writes Father Ken Doyle in his compassionate answer to a reader's dilemma.

Failures are par for the course toward salvation, says Pope Francis

The road to salvation may be pitted with failures but they are overturned by the cross, which is "where love wins," Pope Francis said at morning Mass today.

Shopping with Jesus, for the least of these

The Salvation Army bell is long gone from the front of the Acme, but Michelle Francl-Donnay imagines Christ asking when she shops for groceries, "When did you feed me?”

Though not typical, confirmation in a high school is OK

The Catholic initiation rites don't have to take place in a parish at Easter, although that is preferred, writes Father Ken Doyle in his weekly Q&A column.

Selfish, ‘armchair’ Christians distance people from Christ, pope says

"It would be good for us to have an examination of conscience" and see if we are Christians who bring people to Christ or push them away, the pope said May 28 during the Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

Holy Spirit leads to truth, renews the earth, emboldens, pope says

Celebrating Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Basilica and reciting the "Regina Coeli" prayer with tens of thousands of people gathered in St. Peter's Square May 24, the pope spoke of Pentecost as the day the church was born universal but united.

Pope: Clinging to wealth robs people of hope, lures them away from God

Three things steer people away from Christ: wealth, vanity and pride, Pope Francis said at his morning Mass.

Look of love: Jesus’ gaze will change your life, pope says

"He always looks at us with love. He asks us something, he forgives us and he gives us a mission," the pope said May 22 during his early morning Mass in the Domus Sanctae Marthae.

Unity in church, families is a grace to request from God, pope says

Sowing division in the church and in families is one of the devil's favorite things and it goes directly against Jesus' will for all his followers, Pope Francis said.