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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 ...

The evangelical church is facing a challenging ethical moment amid a deep and widespread distrust of institutions. Scandals, cover-ups, and abuses of power have cast a long shadow on the reputation of ...

I had many doubts about the Bible. Now I see Scripture as a flame that melts away unbelief. It is a sultry day with a hot breeze spinning little dust whirls down the winding road by the Sea of Galilee ...

Sunday, Nov. 5, is the 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Malachi 1:14b-2:2b, 8-10; Psalm 131:1, 2, 3; 1 Thessalonians 2:7b-9, 13; Matthew 23:1-12. Today ...

The crux of the matter is simply this: Is the Bible authoritative? To this stage, all of the articles in this column ultimately lead to this question. This is ground zero for the Christian and skeptic ...

COMMENTARY: The blessings of true fatherhood flow from God — and vanish when we reject his authority and turn power against ourselves. Pope Leo XIV blesses a little girl during the June 25 general ...

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, secretary-general of the Synod of Bishops, Pope Francis and Cardinal Kevin Farrell, prefect of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life, pose for a photo during a ...

WAR demands clarity. Not just of mission, but of principle. In moments of conflict when lives are on the line and decisions carry the weight of history, there’s a dangerous temptation to invoke the ...

My first encounter with the phrase “hierarchy of truths” did little to endear it to me. Early in my Jesuit formation, I once ventured that the well-known doctrinal disagreements among ...