ROME – In his prayer video for March, Pope Francis asked for prayers that Christians be better educated to discern between the voices of the “culture of death” and the voice of God, calling them to ...

Prayer is the first element of discernment, Pope Francis said in his general audience message on Wednesday. “To discern we need to be in an environment, in a state of prayer,” he said Sept. 28 in St.

(RNS) — The question isn’t whether a machine can pray, but whether we still know how to listen for the Spirit. (RNS) — I was recently invited to join an online webinar titled “AI & the Future of ...

As we celebrate International Women's Day today, these are my prayers for women. Prayer #1. May God show you to yourself. I pray that you catch a revelation of who you truly are. Not the version ...

Spirituality, whether Christian or Muslim, frequently uses the language of battle, so it is not surprising that Pope Francis promotes the Christian equivalent of a spiritual jihad. Many in the West ...

At the heart of all the great world religions, philosophical outlooks, and ways of viewing the world around us, is the concept or the idea of discernment. What we might call the ability to judge ...

Pope Francis at the Synod of on the family on Oct. 9. (CNS/Paul Haring) As with many aspects of Pope Francis’ leadership, his approach to the synod may best be understood through his background as a ...