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Q: Thank you for your columns. I would like to ask you about the one on happiness. If happiness comes from serving others, does that make God utilitarian?

Does God value people less if they can't go to soup kitchens? In Psalm 62 it says, "My soul finds rest in God alone." That sounds like knowing God is happiness. I believe that....Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: Surveys are showing that church attendance is up, yet immorality is running rampant. Do these really go together? So many people claim to be “people of faith,” but their lifestyles don’t reflect lives set apart from what used to be called worldliness, couched in public displays of ...Read more

CHICAGO — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson will meet Pope Leo XIV during a visit to the Vatican at the end of this month, his office announced Wednesday.

The trip will take place from May 26 to 30 and include stops in Rome and Vatican City, according to a statement from the mayor’s press office that highlighted Johnson and Leo’s shared ties ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: There’s a popular teaching in Bible classes today claiming that before we can love Jesus, we have to forgive ourselves. I’ve beaten myself up over sins I’ve committed and have tried to overcome them, but friends say that I must practice “self-compassion” that releases me from the guilt and...Read more

MIAMI — After an Evangelical pastor presided over the unveiling of a golden statue of President Donald Trump at his Doral golf course last week, several Florida religious leaders are likening the homage to idolatry and a violation of the biblical prohibition against worshiping false idols.

At a ribbon-cutting ceremony last Wednesday at Trump ...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: I have a degree in art, but I haven’t been able to find a job that uses my talent and skills. I have a friend whose father is a stone artist and has offered me the opportunity to become an apprentice. He can’t pay me a lot of money, but to study under such an accomplished man is hard to pass up....Read more

CHICAGO — The Archdiocese of Chicago removed a Little Italy priest accused of “improper and inappropriate conversations and communications” with children and adult women, Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, the archbishop of Chicago, wrote in a Saturday letter.

The Rev. Jose Molina had been serving as the temporary minister at St. Francis of Assisi...Read more

From the writings of the Rev. Billy Graham

Q: When I die, I’ll go to Heaven, but I’m not ready to go yet because I’m on a winning team and working my way to the pros. Someone said that I'd better enjoy it now because in the Heaven I brag about all the time, there’ll be no sports to enjoy, and it will lead to boredom. This terrifies me ...Read more

Haiti Prime Minister Alix Didier Fils-Aimé discussed his country’s ongoing security and sociopolitical crisis, as well as humanitarian and migration challenges, during an audience with Pope Leo XIV at the Vatican on Saturday.

The visit came a day after the first American pontiff marked the first anniversary of his election as head of the ...Read more