COMMENTARY: An exchange between a young woman and Pope Leo in Spain invites us to consider: Where do we find God in our ...

We find peace and freedom in knowing that we are so loved by God that we are never truly facing these struggles alone. His ...

Rabbi Balfour Brickner takes a new approach to religion and spiritual matters by using the metaphor of his garden. Each of the 10 chapters of his book, "Finding God In The Garden," takes readers ...

Three major events are converging on Feb. 11 this year: the feast of Our Lady of Lourdes, the World Day of the Sick, and the 40th anniversary of St. John Paul II’s apostolic letter Salvifici Doloris ...

Editor’s note: This article was originally published in the 8/30/1997 issue of America. Two years ago America published a collection of 25 brief essays by a number of notable personalities (9/30/95).

Very often spirituality is thought of as something that is done in temples, meditation rooms, or during complex rites. We associate it with silence, incense, chanting, and an absolute withdrawal from ...

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Many people give up on religion when what they really need to do is change their image of God and how they relate to him. Too many people, when they grow older, give up on the God they learned about ...

The Jewish world lost a giant this week: A luminary and a visionary. We mourn the passing of Abner Goldstine, past president of Sinai Temple. The Talmud ponders the idea of how and where one can find ...