Humility is widely under-rated in most Western cultures, it seems to me. It’s also widely misunderstood — maybe that’s why it’s underrated. Our popular media culture is saturated with themes of ...

"Pride goeth before a fall." -- Proverbs 16:18 The Book of Proverbs is part of the Wisdom writing of the Hebrew Scriptures. Its counsel, like that of similar books of the Old Testament, is that pride ...

I enjoy talking to strangers when I’m travelling. This might be because I’m a psychologist, or because I always try to look for the best in people, or perhaps it’s a reflection of the fact that a dear ...

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 ...

Here in Maryland, the cradle of the Catholic Church in the United States, the death of 88-year-old Pope Francis is felt keenly. It is not just that he broke barriers as the first pontiff from Latin ...

ROME – Pope Leo XIV led the traditional Via Crucis devotion on Good Friday, carrying the cross himself the whole way at the Colosseum in Rome, as a running reflection was offered on the meaning of ...

How a cup of coffee taught Reed Hastings the power of humility in leadership. Straight out of graduate school, Reed Hastings, now billionaire cofounder and chairman of Netflix, was a programmer at a ...

Re "Dolly Parton made my heart skip a beat. We're lucky she's still around to teach us," Oct. 8: Reading Amelia Robinson’s column on Dolly Parton made my heart skip a beat. Dolly isn’t just a singer — ...