“The frame of reference is now going to be: ‘What does the gospel really say here?’ That’s our first task.” That’s Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl summing up the new course for Catholicism set by the ...

Pharisees were religious zealots who were very legalistic in nature. They would often expound the Scriptures in the synagogues and pray before people. They appeared very pious and in people’s eyes, it ...

To fixate on the letter of the law is to miss out on grace. But rejecting all limits isn't the answer. Legalism and reactions against it are a constant part of religious life. It lies at the center of ...

I will have mercy, and not sacrifice.” He made this declaration after some leading Jews accused his disciples of violating the Sabbath by plucking ears of corn to satisfy their hunger. (cfr. Mt 12,1-8 ...

ROME (RNS) “The frame of reference is now going to be: ‘What does the gospel really say here?’" said Washington Cardinal Donald Wuerl in a Q&A summing up the momentous Vatican synod that just ...