Pope Francis greets the crowd as he arrives for his general audience in the Paul VI hall at the Vatican Sept. 29, 2021. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday ...

One of the hardest things to understand about the gospel of Jesus Christ is justification through faith alone. How can unrighteous people actually have a right standing with a holy God? If we are dead ...

"Can faith make one’s life better? More vibrant? More robust?” These questions sound like a pitch for yet another warmed-over prosperity gospel. But any suggestion of that school of thought ends as ...

Sacred Scripture says that Phinehas was justified by works, just as Abraham was (James 2:21-22 below): Psalms 106:30-31 (RSV) Then Phinehas stood up and interposed, and the plague was stayed. And that ...

This column is the second in a series of 10 explaining salvation from the historic Christian viewpoint. Nine different aspects of salvation were introduced last month. This month, the first of the ...

During his general audience on Nov. 26, Pope Benedict XVI continued his series of catecheses on St. Paul. He spoke about the consequences deriving from justification by faith and by the action of the ...