Pope Francis speaks to pilgrims and visitors gathered for his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican April 10, 2024. (CNS photo/Pablo Esparza) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ ...

While intense feelings or drive -- passions -- are natural, Christians know they must be tamed and channeled toward what is good, Pope Francis said. The virtue of fortitude, "the most 'combative' of ...

“Homework’s a pain! I don’t understand it. Anyway, I’m tired after basketball practice. I’m going to watch TV or play a video game.” Life is hard. Escape is easy. Sound like a familiar lament — and ...

Following the reasoning available even to non-Christian moral philosophers, the Catechism of the Catholic Church lists four cardinal virtues necessary for our natural good: temperance, courage ...

Steadiness in crossing them can come only from an arduously acquired and faithfully maintained habit—a virtue, as Aristotle and Aquinas would call it. Courage is not quite the right name for it, but ...

So, you want to live a happy life? In Plato’s Republic, Plato writes about the idea of happiness. Plato contends that one who is moral is the only one who can be truly happy. To be satisfied is but ...