BALTIMORE — Holiness is possible, and the Catholic Church provides the tools for attaining it. That was the theme of an address delivered May 15 by Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah at the Basilica of the ...

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Everyone is called to holiness, which is simply striving to imitate Christ, particularly in loving God and loving others, Pope Benedict XVI said. Ending a long series of general ...

Pope Francis on Wednesday told pilgrims in St. Peter’s Square that holiness is both a “gift” from God and a “journey” to which we must “commit” ourselves after we’ve received it. The Holy Father ...

Our secular world has very low expectations for its citizens. Holiness seems out of reach and therefore unrealistic. “Have a nice day,” “Don’t do drugs,” “Don’t drink and drive” and “Don’t wear white ...

“Flourishing” priests, they tell us — scoring an 8.2 on the Harvard Flourishing Scale, no less. It sounds like something dreamt up in a boardroom rather than a confessional. One wonders who exactly is ...

Don’t aim for lofty, angelic separation “like Mine” but live a human holiness – the kind of life for which I created the world. Parashat ‘Kedoshim’ begins with a commandment declared before the entire ...

Cover of the book “Heart of Holiness” by Father Gary Lauenstein. (Credit: Ignatius Press.) Listen In his 1999 apostolic exhortation Ecclesia in America – “The Church in America” – St. John Paul II ...

I was surprised to learn on Monday that Christianity Today was running four reviews of my new book The Hole in Our Holiness. I consider it a sign of respect that they think the book deserving of this ...

Transformed by her child’s fiery death, Phoebe Palmer lit the flames of revival on two continents. In January of 1857 the editors of a national magazine published a portrait of Phoebe Palmer (facing ...