Every week for nearly two years, the St. David’s Episcopal Church bulletin held the same prayer: Almighty God, giver of every good gift: Look graciously on your Church, and so guide the minds of those ...

(RNS) — Discernment of how the Spirit is leading the church is at the heart of Pope Francis’ plans for the Synod on Synodality, but anyone who thinks discernment is easy is bound to get into trouble.

Pope Francis attends the weekly general audience in St. Peter's at the Vatican, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. Pope Francis will discuss how to address the world’s pressing issues with former President ...

I had agreed, along with 11 other people from my congregation, to attend a program on congregational discernment, but I was not looking forward to it. I was skeptical of the diocese’s ability to teach ...

As the vocation director for the Franciscan Sisters of the Renewal, Franciscan Sister Clare Matthiass helps young women discern whether they are called to religious life. But when she began discerning ...

Several months ago we first reported that one of the nation's largest churches in the Presbyterian USA denomination is considering breaking away from that affiliation. The discernment process at First ...

Cardinal Víctor Manuel Fernández held a press conference on Friday addressing the Vatican’s new guidelines on apparitions, with the prelate noting that the new norms would help introduce greater ...

“Almighty God, may you guide us to seek the Truth: come whence it may, cost what it will, lead where it might.” That subversive and bold prayer, attributed to Phillips Brooks, has always resonated ...

One pair, Ariell Watson, M.Div. ‘18, and Julia D’Agostino, M.Div. ‘24, have stayed in touch even beyond Julia’s enrollment. The interview below describes their motivation for participating as well as ...

Nuns and reality TV really don’t mix-- at least, that’s what Christie Young thought when she first heard about Lifetime’s upcoming docuseries “The Sisterhood.” Young, who is one of five women that ...