2+ hour, 49+ min ago  (92+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Faith Focus: A very real leap of faith You should know that not much scares me. I have had guns pointed at me on multiple occasions, had a knife in my face, been bitten by a…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago  (783+ words) The meeting, which followed in the tradition of popes meeting with abuse survivors during their foreign trips, lasted about an hour and took place at the Vatican embassy in Madrid, the Vatican said in a statement. Spain's Catholic hierarchy has…...

1+ mon, 1+ day ago  (1152+ words) "Magnifica Humanitas" (Magnificent Humanity), Leo's first encyclical, has been eagerly awaited ever since history's first U. S. -born pope announced days after his election that he considered AI to be the biggest challenge facing humanity today. In the text, Leo denounced the…...

1+ mon, 3+ day ago  (426+ words) The Peru-based'Sodalitium Christianae Vitae'was dissolved din 2025 by the late Pope Francis, after years of attempts at reform and a Vatican investigation that uncovered sexual abuses by its founder, financial mismanagement by its leaders and spiritual abuses by its top members....

1+ mon, 2+ week ago  (1176+ words) Leo spent the eve of the 1-year mark meeting with U. S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who had come to the Vatican on a fence-mending visit. Trump's repeated broadsides against history's first U. S. pope created an unprecedented back-and-forth on the Iran war…...

6+ mon, 2+ week ago  (84+ words) Early December is peak season for Advent calendars. When I was a kid, these were beautifully designed seasonal images on heavy cardstock with 24 numbered windows. Perspective: Can the Advent calendar craze and Christianity coexist? Early December is peak season for…...

2+ mon, 1+ week ago  (703+ words) Leo's visit to Annaba, the modern-day Hippo, is a spiritual homecoming for the American pope on his second full day in Algeria. He arrived Monday on the first-ever papal visit, against the backdrop of the U. S. -Israel war in Iran and…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (60+ words) Chattanooga Times Free Press Living On Purpose: What's the big deal about evangelism? Within the Christian worldview, some might ask, "What's the big deal about evangelism?" We would think this response would come from non-believers, but sadly, there are also…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago  (548+ words) In the early 2020s, secularization stopped: After rising for 15 years, the nonreligious share of the American population suddenly stopped growing. Ever since, there's been a vigorous debate over whether this plateau is a precursor to religious revival or just a leveling…...

6+ mon, 3+ day ago  (59+ words) Thousands of people flocked to Bethlehem's Manger Square on Christmas Eve as families there and at other sites across the Holy Land heralded a much-needed boost of holiday spirit, after two years of subdued celebrations because of the war in…...