Photo: Alamy Bearing the fruit of Christ is a foundational tenet of the believer’s life. However, it is not to produce good ...

At BYU, LDS Church President Dallin Oaks delivers his first major address at the faith's 18th prophet-president.

Yesterday I watched, horrified and spellbound — which is becoming a regular thing — as an event purportedly built on prayer, ...

The Gospel reading for this Sunday’s liturgy comes from the Gospel According to Matthew. It is the opening passage of the Sermon on the Mount. The “sermon,” as it is called, lasts for multiple ...

Some of the NFL’s top players gathered at a local school, not to entertain or compete but to model the humility of Christ by washing feet. Some of the NFL’s top players gathered at a local school, not ...

Religion is one of the most dangerous forces on earth. If you’ve ever encountered true fundamentalists, you know why. When you combine eternal stakes with absolute certainty, it produces the kind of ...

For those of us who serve in a leadership capacity, the world demands that we show strength. Who among us, in the flesh, has not been lured by more power? A larger church building? An organizational ...

Sunday, Oct. 26, is the 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time. Mass readings: Sirach 35:12-14, 16-18; Psalm 34:2-3, 17-18, 19, 23; 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18; Luke 18:9-14. In the Gospel, the Lord speaks to us of ...

This Sunday’s Gospel offers another parable about prayer. Each of this Sunday’s readings suggests that God hears anyone who cries out, especially the brokenhearted. As the Gospel narrative nears the ...

The "Litany of Humility," which often is attributed to Cardinal Rafael Merry del Val, "outlines a model that is valid for all those who exercise responsibilities in the church," Pope Leo XIV said. The ...

Years ago a university physician-professor commissioned me to write a research grant to study traumatic brain injury. I remember attending a medical conference with him and going to a reception after ...