Influential preacher Charles Spurgeon said, "Discernment is not simply a matter of telling the difference between what is right and wrong; rather it is the difference between right and almost right." ...

Discernment of how the Spirit is leading the church is at the heart of Pope Francis' plans for the synod on synodality, but anyone who thinks discernment is easy is bound to get into trouble. It is ...

Most of us are taught from a young age not to judge others, yet we all fall victim to doing so. However, our judgments don’t make us hypocrites, they make us a human! Sometimes those of us who view ...

Pope Francis greets the crowd during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Oct. 19, 2022. (CNS photo/Yara Nardi, Reuters) Below is the text of Pope Francis’ weekly Wednesday ...

Prayer is the first element of discernment, Pope Francis said in his general audience message on Wednesday. “To discern we need to be in an environment, in a state of prayer,” he said Sept. 28 in St.

In ancient Greece, the highest form of intelligence wasn't knowledge. It was phronesis: practical wisdom. The kind of judgment that governs how we navigate tradeoffs, make decisions under uncertainty ...

What passes for compassion in America’s urban centers is not compassion at all — it’s collapse masquerading as care. Under the soft tyranny of moral sentimentality, cities have surrendered public ...

When marriages begin to unravel, partners often begin an internal, private, struggle. They wonder if their marriage can be saved, or whether they should end the marriage. They often vacillate between ...