"Every increased possession loads us with a new weariness," John Ruskin once said. Could more holiday joy be found in ...

"Then He said to them all, ‘If anyone desires to come after Me, let him deny himself, and take up his cross daily, and follow Me’" (Luke 9:23). This Bible verse is from the Gospel of Luke, one of the ...

Christians are measured by how well they follow Jesus Christ and the Gospel, not by their own ideas and self-sufficiency, Pope Francis said on Sunday. In his Angelus message Aug. 21, the Pope ...

"You are here, first, to apply his divine gift of repentance in your life and by his grace overcome sin and death, and second, to bring others to Christ to receive this same gift of repentance and ...

Each person who commits to follow Jesus Christ can be blessed by the hope, strength, joy and transformative power of his gospel and his church, leaders said Saturday morning at the 194th Semiannual ...

Churches are seeing twice as many people committing to following Jesus Christ compared to five years ago, according to the latest research report titled "Changing Church" published by the Evangelical ...

As reflected in our Scripture readings at Mass this Sunday, following Jesus Christ is not an easy task. It demands a total death to self and a desire to live only for him and his teachings. Many ...

I am disturbed by the violence in America that is shrugged off as normal. Anabaptists are part of a 500-year-old Christian movement that holds war and violence to be incompatible with following Jesus ...

I have tried in recent columns to respond to some of the many questions that people have been asking about the scandals that began with the revelations about the predations of former Cardinal Theodore ...

Puerto Rican rapper Daddy Yankee left his successful career to devote his life to Jesus Christ. During his farewell tour on Dec. 3, Daddy Yankee gave a speech to the crowd announcing his retirement.