This Advent season, a leading expert on Christian persecution around the world and religious freedom issues weighed in on how to stay rooted in faith and key values — and how to remain focused on the ...

Early in February I was asked to become a contributor to this column, “Hope for Living.” Little did I know way back then how much a commodity hope for living would become! It has been a challenging ...

There’s a moment on Christmas morning that has stayed with me for years. It was the first time our daughter was old enough to ...

If your favorite Bible verse is Jeremiah 29:11, what is your favorite quote from Benedict XVI? “The one who has hope lives differently.” Spe Salvi (Saved in Hope) Christian hope implores us to see ...

In the last few decades, that knowledge has taken a back seat to the hustle and bustle of shopping, parties and Santa Claus. Even the "comfort and joy" heralded is more about general feelings of ...

On the Fifth Sunday of Lent, Pope Francis challenged the faithful to do as they did when they were little children learning how to walk: letting God take them by the hand. That way, the Pope assured, ...

What’s beyond the grave? How can I have the assurance of eternal life? For the answers to these questions, Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he ...

How can I have the assurance of eternal life? For the answer, we must go to Jesus, who said, “I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in Me, though he may die, he shall live” (John 11:25).

Advent reminds us that Christian hope is shaped by what has happened and what’s going to happen again. My mother, Young Kim, was born in Korea in 1948 as the nation was on the precipice of civil war.

Pope Francis asked Christians on Ash Wednesday to set out in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, full of hope, throughout the season of Lent. In his prepared March 5 catechesis, the Holy Father, who ...