I remember the first time I tried to pray for a solid hour. I was about 19 and in my college dorm room. Before that day, I was praying anywhere from 5-10 minutes in one sitting. Outside of that, I ...

Peace and violence follow us into 2010. The lives of many are filled with the violence of unemployment, the violence of homelessness, the violence of drugs, the violence of abortion, the violence of ...

“The Philistines fought and Israel was defeated.” (1 Sm 4:10) A few weeks ago, reading an article about the war in Gaza, I was overcome with a frightening kind of rage that I have not experienced in ...

Why is Christian Science in our name? Our name is about honesty. The Monitor is owned by The First Church of Christ, Scientist, and we’ve always been transparent about that. The church publishes the ...

Pope Leo XIV prays the Holy Rosary in St. Peter’s Basilica in the Vatican on April 11, 2026. (Credit: Vatican Media.) Listen ROME – In what will likely be seen as a rebuke of United States foreign ...