Whoever oppresses the poor shows contempt for their Maker, but whoever is kind to the needy honors God” Proverbs 14:31. That’s in the Bible. It follows that there are prominent figures in the MAGA mov ...

By “affliction” I mean some kind of chronic struggle that we continually wish to be relieved of or delivered from. There are ...

Run White and Blue 5K is a new event that seeks to bring a fun race during the Fourth of July, adding another exciting event to the mix in Norfolk. A Texas man accused of fatally shooting a Georgia ...

The Beatitudes, where blessedness is found in weakness and humility, can provide valuable lessons for today, particularly for people who are growing older.

In this episode of John Dear's "The Nonviolence Jesus Podcast," Dear sits down with Sr. Joan Chittister to unpack the Beatitudes as bold, countercultural ways of living that challenge systems of ...

The meanings of the other day numbers: two Testaments (Old and New), four gospels, five books of the Old Testament, six days of creation, seven gifts of the Holy Spirit, eight beatitudes, nine ...

The Eight Beatitudes, listed in the feast day's Gospel reading -- Matthew 5:1-12 -- are a clear roadmap to sainthood, the pope said, and the path followed by Blessed Carlo Acutis, St. Maximilian Kolbe ...

"Some people have told me that the last of the eight fits me very much: It says, 'Blessed are they that suffer persecution for justice's sake,' because there is a place reserved for me in heaven.

How about something that represents “a new beginning?” As used in the Holy Scriptures, the number “8” symbolizes regeneration — and there happens to be eight Beatitudes. What are they?

And what about the eight Beatitudes elaborated so well by Christ at the “Sermon on the Mount?” Each Beatitude is a testament of what Trump does not represent.

THE Gospel for the feast of All Saints’ is the Beatitudes. In eight brush-strokes, Jesus paints what is, in truth, a self-portrait, giving clarity and definition to the features of the person whom ...