A crucifix is silhouetted against a stained-glass window in this illustration photo. (Credit: Mike Crupi/Catholic Courier via CNS.) Listen As we continue our walk through the Church’s month of the ...

How can one see joy in suffering? How can someone be joyful in a trial, or fathom “the gift” of suffering? Why does our loving God send suffering our way either by natural disaster or personal loss?

Catholics believe in the notion of suffering or penance on behalf of others, so that the suffering can actually help them to attain salvation. God can and does apply the suffering of Person A to the ...

Re: “Christian hospital fires doctor, sets off national challenge to aid-in-dying laws” [Sept. 2, A1]: In a state that overwhelmingly approved (65%) an aid-in-dying law, Dr. Barbara Morris planned to ...

Source: Wikimedia Commons The phenomenon of evil has always been part of human existence but is particularly pervasive in our present times. By definition, we think of evil as being purely negative, ...