There's a moment in Denys Arcand's 1988 movie, Jesus of Montreal,when church authorities, disapproving of a revisionist Passion play, send in security guards to stop the play. The audience protests: ...

Editor's note: As part of our commitment to foster civil conversations in Viewpoints, we're inviting faith leaders to submit ...

I’ve attended enough funerals to have been exposed to scores of sappy, revisionist, post-mortem biographies, tearfully shared by relatives, trying their best to place “Uncle Harry” in Heaven, even if ...

Tomorrow is The Festival of Ascension and it sits between the two festivals of Easter and Pentecost. Easter is when we celebrate the resurrected Jesus, and Pentecost is when we celebrate God’s Spirit ...

Sunday, Oct. 13, is the 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Wisdom 7:7-11; Psalm 90:12-13, 14-15, 16-17; Hebrews 4:12-13; Mark 10:17-30 or 10:17-27. Today’s Gospel invites us to wrestle with ...

Hello everyone. Jesus said, “I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one will get to the father except through me.” He also said, “I go to prepare a place for you. I will come again and receive you ...

Heaven is not an eternally dull existence but rather the completion of a journey toward a promised encounter with the Lord, Pope Francis said. Although Christians may know full well that their goal is ...