Before long I had tears in my eyes—and not from the uneven grooves worn into the wood by pilgrims’ knees. Something about the physical discomfort helped me to focus on the much greater pain Jesus had felt on those same stairs.

Over against our human unreliability stand the rock-solid assurances of God.

The latest survey, conducted in January, found that 44 percent of white Catholics approve of President Trump’s job performance.

Today and everyday we are invited to pray with the psalmist.