Christianity has a lot to say about suffering. Suffering is the result of sin. Not necessarily our individual sins, but the reality of sin in the world. We are called as Christians to identify with ...

IN his acceptance of prayer and Christian faith healing, Alf McCreary (Belfast Telegraph, October 25), as usual, ignores the obvious. Whether the Christian Trinity exists and miraculously cures people ...

According to Christian tradition, Jesus Christ was a suffering messiah, nailed to a cross for a crime he did not commit, using his last few gasps of air to forgive others and to cry out to God. It is ...

Christians around the world continue their Lenten observations, as this Sunday, March 20, marks the third Sunday of Lent of 2022. Lent is known as a season of fasting — or "withdrawing from some ...

One of the most surprising things I learned during my New Testament courses in graduate school was something about the Gospel of John. Traditionally, John’s Gospel is divided into two parts. The first ...

Religious types usually indicate that suffering and loss are components of karma, the divine plan, an intrinsic part of life, the result of past actions, a segment of human experience, a test by God, ...

VATICAN CITYVATICAN CITY — Pope Francis was well enough on Sunday to celebrate his weekly Angelus prayer from the Vatican window overlooking St. Peter’s Square, a day after cancelling his engagements ...

As heartbreaking details continue to emerge from the tragic Parkland, Fla. school shooting, we may feel determined to do something, anything. Maybe it’s donating money to those affected, donating ...