If someone you loved were in the emergency room, where would you be? Even if the answer is obvious—I would be there as well—ask yourself why. Emergency rooms are not pleasant places, and the ...

Pope Francis speaks at an audience with people participating in the “United to Cure Conference” at the Vatican April 28. Hundreds of physicians, researchers and health-care executives attended the ...

SUFFERING SAINT. Blessed Mother Teresa at the Basilica of St. Sebastian in Rome. Alexey Gotovskiy/CNA Suffering was Mother Teresa’s companion, her clandestine treasure and her sweet link to Jesus. In ...

VATICAN CITY — When Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI published his first encyclical, he chose an everlasting topic: love. “God is love, and he who abides in love abides in God, and God abides in him,” he ...

The world watches in horror as rebel extremists surge across Iraq. Videos graphically depict the daily violence in Syria. Closer to home, yet another gunman has razed innocent victims in a public ...

Love. The word alone conjures up a thousand emotions, each of us having our own personal definition, often colored by our experiences. We speak of it like it’s the most natural thing in the world—yet, ...

What to do with our grief for the world. The recent martyrdom of 21 Egyptian Christians in Libya in late February continues to roll around in my heart. The shock of the early news reports has worn off ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pope Francis greets singer Katy Perry, accompanied by English actor Orlando Bloom, during an audience with people participating in the "United to Cure Conference" at the Vatican April 28. Hundreds of ...