VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis said Wednesday that Christian meditation is a way of encountering Jesus and not “a withdrawal into ourselves.” Speaking at his general audience April 28, the pope reflected ...

Meditation is more than just a method of stress relief for the body, it is a way of encountering Christ in one's soul, Pope Francis said. During his weekly general audience April 28, the pope said ...

Mental health has received greater emphasis this lockdown year — isolation, loss of jobs and businesses, the effect on churches and schools and the simple irrationality of the rules can be wearing. It ...

One simple way to establish a more consistent gratitude meditation regimen is to start a gratitude journal. Take a few minutes a day to jot down what you are grateful for.

For years off and on I tried to sit on a cushion and meditate on my breath, bringing in light and exhaling darkness for 30 minutes as I’d been taught in a class. I kept trying and failing to keep ...

For thousands of years, religious and spiritual communities around the world have organized themselves around specific practices they find meaningful. In recent years, psychological scientists have ...

Speaking at his general audience April 28, the pope reflected on what distinguishes Christian meditation from other meditative practices popular in the Western world. He said: “For us Christians, ...