— St. Francis of Assisi, "Canticle of the Sun" Then the Lord God formed a man from the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being. — ...

Many religious types are staunch supporters of the thought that God created humans. They argue that everything created has a beginning, and God is that beginning, the cause of everything that exists.

“In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth.” As a kid, I would read these first words in my children’s Bible over and over again—not because I found them particularly interesting, but ...

I write to you while looking out onto a lake in southern Indiana, sitting in a cabin where my family vacations every summer. While I’m not a big fan of summer, it’s one of the few times all year the ...

Pope Francis' visit to the U.S. renews call for politicians, churches and society to take action on climate change. As Christian leaders of four major religious denominations in Canada, the United ...

Today’s feast, the Baptism of the Lord, is both an end and a beginning. Liturgically, it marks the end of Christmastide; ...

Being obedient to God's commandment and spirit of love can radically change attitudes and actions to convert people from "predators" of natural resources to "tillers" of God's great garden of planet ...

In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth. And God said, “Let there be light,” and there was light, and it was good. Then God’s boss asked Him to stay late and make the sky, too. And God ...