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 ...

At the general audience, Francis said: "What is hidden behind the word 'justification', which is so decisive for faith? It is not easy to arrive at an exhaustive definition, but in the whole of St ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The Christian Science Church, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The Church publishes the Monitor ...

Dear Readers: This holiday weekend, let's pray for the safety of our armed forces -- and give thanks we can worship God as we choose! Dear Lee: I'm bothered that you classify Sabbath observance as ...

The doctrine with which we are concerned is both the divine heart of the Gospel and the Gospel for the human heart. To seek an answer to the question, How can a man be just before God? is to be ...

What was the matter with the Protestant Reformation? It might seem like a strange question. Some might say that there was ...