Christians should memorize not only the Ten Commandments but also the beatitudes, which Jesus taught as the path to true happiness, Pope Francis said. At his weekly general audience Wednesday, the ...

The readings for the Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time treat us to a surfeit of riches. There is a beautiful passage from Zephaniah (2:3, 3:12-13), another from 1 Corinthians (1:26-31), and the ...

VATICAN CITY — The eight beatitudes proclaimed by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount reveal the path from selfishness to holiness, Pope Francis said at his general audience Wednesday. Speaking via ...

Open your Bible to Matthew 5 and you will never be the same. Gandhi and King called those passages the grandest manifesto of non-violence ever written -- beginning with the storied Beatitudes. Grand ...

Today's Gospel Matthew 5:1-12 tells Catholics all over the world (including 88 million Filipinos) of the Beatitudes. In all Masses today, Catholic priests shall focus their sermons in the Liturgy of ...

A friend sends along this outstanding essay from Tod Lindberg at the Hoover Institution on the meaning of the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:3-12, printed in full below.) The author finds in these famous words ...