[Editor’s Note: Father Jeffrey Kirby, known to the readers of Crux for his weekly spirituality column, is the parish priest of Our Lady of Grace Parish in Indian Land, South Carolina. He holds a ...

Try to imagine, if only for a moment, being separated from your young child. If your politics will not permit you to empathize with those on our borders, then picture a different scenario. There are ...

Sunday, Feb. 16, is the Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Jeremiah 17:5-8; Psalm 1:1-2, 3, 4 & 6; 1 Corinthians 15:12, 16-20; Luke 6:17, 20-26. The Gospel passage today is Luke’s version ...

Sunday, Jan. 29, is the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Zephaniah 2:3; 3:12-13; Psalm 146:6-7, 8-9, 9-10; 1 Corinthians 1:26-31; Matthew 5:1-12a. The beatitudes in today’s Gospel are ...

The beatitudes are promises that God has made to humanity. Some of these promises are fulfilled in every age; mourners are comforted each day. Others will only find fulfillment in the fullness of ...

What if the Beatitudes weren't just comforting words, but a blueprint for a way of life? What if Jesus wasn't just offering hope, but a call to action in a world of injustice, violence and oppression?

(RNS) — In his recent 'Gaudete et Exsultate,' Pope Francis teaches that living the Beatitudes means 'going against the flow' in a world that pushes us in the opposite direction from holiness. (RNS) — ...

Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves, of Sandpoint; ...

On the day that the church celebrates all the saints of history, Pope Francis told Sweden's small Roman Catholic population that holiness is not shown so much in extraordinary deeds but rather in ...