By Austin Bishop 2 And do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove ...

Outside his parish, a mosaic of Augustinian saints — including Saint Monica, Clare of Montefalco, and Saint Rita of Cascia — ...

Pope Francis leads a meeting with representatives of bishops’ conferences from around the world at the Vatican Oct. 9, 2021. The meeting came as the Vatican launched the process that will lead up to ...

Pope Francis used the example of several Catholic saints to explain the concept of spiritual consolation during his weekly audience on Wednesday. “What is spiritual consolation?” he said Nov. 23. “It ...

Most of us are taught from a young age not to judge others, yet we all fall victim to doing so. However, our judgments don’t make us hypocrites, they make us a human! Sometimes those of us who view ...

Discernment of how the Spirit is leading the church is at the heart of Pope Francis' plans for the synod on synodality, but anyone who thinks discernment is easy is bound to get into trouble. It is ...

Pope Francis shared a spiritual life hack for discernment at his general audience on Wednesday. Speaking in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 5, the pope said that the “spiritual life, too, has its passwords ...

Christians should not seek the Lord by themselves without being part of a faith community and without spiritual accompaniment, Pope Francis said. However, Francis cautioned against forms of ...

Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on Sept. 28, 2022. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter. Dear ...