In this file photo, Pope Francis elevates the chalice as he celebrates Mass in the chapel of the Domus Sanctae Marthae at the Vatican. (Credit: CNS photo/Vatican Media.) Listen ROME — Heaven is not an ...

Speaking to the pilgrims gathered at the Paul VI Hall this morning, Pope Benedict turned his attention to the conversion of St. Paul, which he said shows us that Christianity is not “a new philosophy ...

Pope Francis received an audience with members of the National Catechetical Office of the Italian bishops’ conference at the Vatican. Pope Francis receives an audience with the National Catechetical ...

MICHIGAN CITY | A hand-carved wooden statue of a Polish nun who reported personal encounters with Jesus now stands under the 50-foot ceiling and stained glass windows of a Northwest Indiana Catholic ...

What did Sts. Paul, Margaret Mary and Faustina Kowalska all have in common? In addition to having profound personal encounters with Jesus Christ, they all had spiritual directors. It might seem that ...

Falling in love with Jesus may be an odd topic but it occurred to me as I was contemplating our beautiful Ohio trees and hills creating magnificent landscapes in this “Fall” season. I fell in love ...

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nearly a quarter century after having a personal encounter with Jesus Christ and embarking on a mission to “open the eyes of mankind worldwide” by exposing the knowledge ...

Heaven is not an eternally dull existence but rather the completion of a journey toward a promised encounter with the Lord, Pope Francis said. Although Christians may know full well that their goal is ...

Pope Francis said Saturday that catechists have the vital responsibility of leading others to a personal encounter with Jesus through prayer, the sacraments, and Scripture. "The kerygma is a person: ...