The moment when you hear God's call is a moment of recognition.

There are three kinds of evil that I want to talk about: suffering, death and sin. What we fear most, most of the time, is suffering, then death, then sin exactly the opposite of what it should be.

We must not only have faith in him, but we must wait on him.

It was hardly surprising that this year's Assisi gathering would reflect Pope Benedict's concerns about religious relativism.

The Catholic Church does not claim teaching authority on matters of economics and finance.

There are three kinds of evil that I want to talk about: suffering, death and sin. What we fear most, most of the time, is suffering, then death, then sin exactly the opposite of what it should be.

One of the most misunderstood of all Church teachings is her doctrine on the nature and operation of conscience.

To "pay the piper" originally meant just footing the bill, as the Earl of Chesterfield used it when writing to his son.

If God is not love but only knowledge, then it is difficult or impossible to see how human free will and divine predestination can both be true. But if God is love, there is a way.

No matter how we look at it, the counsel to "follow your heart, not your head" is a confused and absurd proposition that is entirely unworkable.