For a long time, the Lord’s Prayer (also known as Our Father) seemed like an old, outdated pair of pants to me. It didn’t really fit anymore. Pulling an old pair of pants out of my closet, I ask ...

Today is the National Day of Prayer. As a Christian, and a priest at that, every day is a day of prayer for me. But I am still grateful our nation sets aside a day for prayer. Prayer changes people.

I grew up in the northwest corner of the state where jutting up on the prairie an abbey and monastery stand like holy skyscrapers, farmland all around. I once visited the abbey, with a monk saying he ...

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 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Pope Francis, who became the first South American and Jesuit in the most powerful position in the Catholic Church, made a historic ...

CHICAGO -- Father Jack Wall was visiting Rome with the Illinois Patrons of the Vatican Museum when he had the chance to thank Pope Francis for appointing Archbishop Blase Cupich. Pope Francis chatted ...