There is no indication in the Gospels that this is how Jesus healed people. For instance, when he healed the woman who had a ...

“No pain, no gain” was my basic-training drill sergeant’s favorite expression during arduous Army workouts. The cry brought results. At the time, my 19-year-old body responded with a surge of ...

Jesus’ mercy is in his complete understanding of our hurt, not only in his ability to solve it. In this Close Reading series, biblical scholars reflect on a passage in their area of expertise that has ...

Q: This probably isn't your bailiwick, but maybe you and Fr. Tom Hartman talked about it. Did God feel pain (not literally) as he watched his Son being tortured and crucified? — Anonymous A: What a ...

Critics say American Christianity downplays Christ’s suffering. Two Reformed scholars answer the charge. If non-Western critics are right, American Christians have a skewed view of Jesus. Asian and ...

If you had told 14-year-old me that I’d be working for a Catholic magazine and writing a reflection for Lent, I would have said you were crazy. At that age, I felt like I had so much faith and nowhere ...

I am learning in life to accept pain as something I will learn from. I realize that most of us are familiar with pain. And as Christians, we are familiar with the fact that Jesus suffered just as we ...

EAST CHICAGO — Roman soldiers walked the streets of this city Friday, accompanying a falsely accused man to his grisly execution on a cross. The occasion was Our Lady of Guadalupe Catholic Parish’s ...

To anyone who still believes animals don't experience pain, here's a new study to shock you into reality: Queen's University says new research it conducted shows crabs not only suffer pain but retain ...