“Choice” is a byword of our secular age. For many, it has become integral to their concept of freedom. In one respect, choice is essential to our shared humanity — it is a way of pointing to our ...

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 ...

It's a word that comes up all the time when the national conversation turns to wearing masks (or not), opening restaurants and retail stores, or going back to church: freedom. In May, USA Today ...

Americans may or may not know there’s more than one Independence Day in the United States. In addition to the Fourth of July holiday all Americans recognize, Black Americans commemorate our ancestors’ ...

VATICAN CITY — Temptation's seductive proposals of happiness and freedom can lead one to being enslaved by the desire to possess material things and other people, Pope Francis said. Christians are ...

Before the Book of Genesis begins to tell the story of how Joseph’s brothers kidnapped and sold him, it states: “Jacob settled in the land where his father had sojourned, the land of Canaan.” The word ...

Isaac Ingram, writer and director, is the founder of Team Freedom Outreach, a nonprofit organization of Christian men whose purpose is to positively impact juveniles in youth detention centers through ...

Recently, people in several states have taken to the streets to protest government restrictions aimed at limiting the spread of the coronavirus. Many of these protestors are urging their states to ...

The scholarly works of Jacques Maritain, a prominent mid-20th-century Catholic philosopher, are beyond the comprehension of most casual readers. Fortunately, his essays on education are quite ...