First Amendment: Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the ...

One of the most awesome aspects of Jesus’ preaching is His common use of parables — simple, everyday stories that carried ...

When people see how God loves and trusts them, the pope said, it should encourage them to be “better soil.” Pope Leo urged people to ask God for the grace to welcome his word in their lives, “and if ...

Pope Leo XIV’s first General Audience on Wednesday was a meditation on Matthew’s Parable of the Sower (13:1-23). It’s the first of five parables or analogies that Jesus makes about the ...

Vincent van Gogh made a surprise appearance at the first address by Pope Leo XIV-in spirit, at least. On Wednesday, the ...

When people see how God loves and trusts them, the pope said, it should encourage them to be “better soil.” Pope Leo urged ...

Focusing specifically on the parable of the sower from the Gospel of Matthew 13:1-17, Leo said Jesus' parables were stories "taken from everyday life" but meant to lead listeners "to a deeper ...