It was a lazy Sunday morning when my 6-year-old daughter came skipping down the stairs, greeting us at the breakfast table. My brother-in-law was in town visiting, and we were all sipping on coffee, ...

I had agreed, along with 11 other people from my congregation, to attend a program on congregational discernment, but I was not looking forward to it. I was skeptical of the diocese’s ability to teach ...

The word discernment has a central, even critically important place in the development of “The Joy of Love,” Pope Francis’ post-synodal apostolic exhortation on the family. In referring to discernment ...

Pope Francis holds a gift during his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 21, 2022. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered ...