Several times a month, community columnists weigh in on matters of faith and values. The Faith and Values column appears Mondays, and features retired Methodist minister Paul Graves; FāVS News editor ...

Back in June 2019, Cardinal Joseph Tobin convened the priests of the Archdiocese of Newark for his first convocation. During it, he delivered a one-hour talk to “help you understand what makes me tick ...

The Catholic Church teaches that good works done after regeneration (at baptism) and justification are (if certain conditions are met) meritorious and can contribute to salvation and attainment of ...

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year is "vaccine"; for the Oxford English Dictionary, it's "vax." Those are solid choices – vaccines are a game-changer. But for a word nerd like me, there's not a lot ...

The balance of grace and faith is a very fundamental foundational truth. The body of Christ is basically divided into two main factions: those who emphasise grace (God’s part) and those who emphasise ...

Without faith it’s impossible to please God (Heb. 11:6), so our relationship with the Lord is dependent on it. Faith is what brings the things God has provided for us from the spiritual realm into the ...

The second reading for the Fourth Sunday of Lent is from Ephesians 2:4-10. This passage is often used by both evangelicals and Catholics in apologetic contexts. Ephesians 2:8-9 is cited by evangelical ...