Dinesh D’Souza’s latest volume of apologetics updates a natural law argument. We all suffer, and we often wonder why we suffer. We yearn to find meaning in—or despite—the evils that assail us.

The Bible says, in the beginning the Earth was wild and empty. In Hebrew it is called Tohuwabohu, utter chaos. So God turned on the light just by saying “there shall be light”. And there was light.

Our salvation is just an appendix in Christ’s redemption of all creation. One of the most quoted Bible verses of all time is John 3:16: “For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, ...

Religious types argue that the idea of free will put in place the imperfection in the universe, as many of us chose evil and rejected God. But the free choice is still more precious than perfection.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Table Rock cross is shown in this 2018 file photo. (Katy Moeller) Editor’s note: This op-ed has been updated to add seven ...

Find today’s readings here. If you’re a regular reader of America or tend to follow liturgical developments in the Catholic church, you may remember that in July of this year, the Vatican approved new ...

Being obedient to God's commandment and spirit of love can radically change attitudes and actions to convert people from "predators" of natural resources to "tillers" of God's great garden of planet ...

Religious types will try to protect God, saying God is good; and if we humans suffer, it is primarily the outcome of our wrong choices. God wishes us to experience joy and not misery. God is perfect ...

Pope Francis has emphasized the importance of the virtue of justice in a message for the upcoming World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. “God wants justice to reign; it is as essential to our ...

Eighteen centuries on, the doctrine that God creates from nothing (creatio ex nihilo) still breeds bafflement and objections. The philosophical theologian John D. Caputo, for example, worries that ...