Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday audience, delivered on Dec. 14, 2022. To receive these remarks and more in your inbox every week, sign up for America’s daily newsletter. Dear ...

Dialogue, discernment, and contemplative engagement: These were three values and behaviors that gave shape and texture to the response of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious (LCWR) to the ...

Near the opening of the Book of Philippians, Paul records his prayer for the Philippian Christians: And this is my prayer, that your love may overflow more and more with knowledge and full insight to ...

In Pope Francis recent interview with America magazine he frequently references “discernment.” Though many are aware of what he means by this, those who have never been exposed to Ignatian ...

The prevalence of the language and practice of discernment owes much to the larger movement of what Diana Butler Bass has termed "retraditioning" as well as a renewed focus on spiritual practices.

Pope Francis at the Synod of on the family on Oct. 9. (CNS/Paul Haring) As with many aspects of Pope Francis’ leadership, his approach to the synod may best be understood through his background as a ...

'We often talk about voting well, and voting well requires some form of prudent judgment that is sharpened and clarified through a process called discernment' With the elections coming up, ...

In continuity with the teaching of the Second Vatican Council and, in particular, with the decree Optatam totius on priestly formation, the Congregation for Catholic Education has published various ...