Influential preacher Charles Spurgeon said, "Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right." ...

Pope Francis has launched a new catechesis series on spiritual discernment. The pope announced on Aug. 31 that he will provide reflections in his upcoming Wednesday general audiences on the “demanding ...

After teaching college for nearly three decades, I’m at the point where I can boil down into a few words some of the most important qualities I see missing in too many students that, if developed and ...

A long-standing theme in the Church’s spiritual tradition, “discernment” has been given even greater prominence since the beginning of Pope Francis’ pontificate, that is, in the last ten years. It is ...

Truth is most often used to mean “being in accord with fact or reality,” or fidelity to an original standard. Where do we find it locally? Our best source is our local papers. Why? Reporters have the ...

Judge Webster Brewer added a practical hands-on angle to a 1980s Indiana effort to reserve prison cells for the worst criminal offenders. Brewer, who died this month, was a Marion County Superior ...