Pope Francis said Wednesday there are Psalms to fit any need and that they should be learned by heart and repeated often. “It is necessary to make the Psalms our prayer,” the pope said at his general ...

The Psalms, says theologian Eugene H. Peterson, are God’s gift to those who want to learn how to pray. “If we wish to develop our entire heart, mind, soul and strength, the Psalms are necessary,” the ...

Not only is there a biblical basis for the teaching on purgatory, but the teaching also makes sense based on the promises contained in Scripture to those who have been called to be saints.

Tucked within the rolling hills of northwest Missouri is the campus of Conception Abbey, a Benedictine monastery that has been part of this landscape since 1873. Abbot Gregory Polan, Conception’s ...

The Book of Psalms can teach people how to pray and is the “prayer book ‘par excellence,’” Pope Benedict XVI said in his June 22 audience with pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square. “These inspired songs ...

SISTERS, Ore. — The prayer itself, hidden among the huge genealogy of 1 Chronicles, escapes notice. But the book The Prayer of Jabez: Breaking Through to the Blessed Life can't be ignored. It has ...