Does Pope Francis Believe in Hell?

Pat McCloskey, OFM March 25, 2024

During a recent interview, Pope Francis raised the possibility that no one is in hell. Really? If so, doesn’t that mean, “Anything goes”? In his

Poverty of Spirit

Ragan Sutterfield March 22, 2024

I feel the grandeur of creation and my smallness in it. For a moment I have no worries, only the sense of God’s abiding grace in the world.

Desert Wandering

Daniel Imwalle March 21, 2024

In his 2024 message for Lent, Pope Francis writes, “Lent is a season of grace in which the desert can become once more—in the words of the prophet Hosea—the place of our first love (Hos 2:16–17).”

The Elements of Prayer

Natalie Ryan March 19, 2024

Jesus taught us how to pray authentically, and the Lord’s Prayer provides us with a structure to offer our words up to God.

To the Aching Soul

Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg March 15, 2024

This Lenten season, may we bring forward our own pain and grief into the desert and find solidarity and peace with Christ alone.

An indigenous community member attends the UNFCCC formal opening of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP28 at Expo City Nov. 30, 2023, in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (CNS photo/ courtesy of UN Climate Change COP28, Christopher Pike)

Indigenous wisdom and science can work together to solve crises, pope says

OSV News March 15, 2024

The world’s cultures, traditions, spiritualities and languages must be acknowledged, respected and protected, especially those of Indigenous peoples, Pope Francis said.