I was reading a book on predestination by Fr. Reginald Garrigou-Lagrange when I ran across a statement that opened up a new perspective on love and suffering. He explains that we as Catholics do not ...

If someone you loved were in the emergency room, where would you be? Even if the answer is obvious—I would be there as well—ask yourself why. Emergency rooms are not pleasant places, and the ...

Pope Francis speaks at an audience with people participating in the “United to Cure Conference” at the Vatican April 28. Hundreds of physicians, researchers and health-care executives attended the ...

The older I get, the more I realize that suffering is not selective. No one is immune. It touches every life, regardless of status, race, success, good choices, or even good intentions. To be human is ...

What to do with our grief for the world. The recent martyrdom of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya in late February continues to roll around in my heart. The shock of the early news reports has worn off ...

The world watches in horror as rebel extremists surge across Iraq. Videos graphically depict the daily violence in Syria. Closer to home, yet another gunman has razed innocent victims in a public ...

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published his first encyclical, he chose an everlasting topic: love. “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him,” he ...

Theodicy is a fancy theological term. It is the name of the branch of philosophy and theology that puzzles over—agonizes over—the relationship between God and evil. The problem is this: Most ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pope Francis greets singer Katy Perry, accompanied by English actor Orlando Bloom, during an audience with people participating in the "United to Cure Conference" at the Vatican April 28. Hundreds of ...