The cup of submission, of suffering, of death itself becomes the vessel not of our punishment or of God’s wrath, but of our salvation.

This week on "Inside the Vatican," we'll talk about some of the questions the pope emeritus' letter raises.

Join Kirsten Powers, CNN analyst and USA Today columnist, and Rev. James Martin, S.J., Editor at Large of America Media and New York Times best-selling author, for a live show celebrating the 100th episode of Jesuitical.

I’m not sure about you, but my entire faith rests on Easter. As I see it, Easter changes everything.

Our senses will be deceived by the appearance of bread and wine, which is why St. Thomas Aquinas insists that we trust only one of our senses, our hearing. On Easter, we solemnly proclaim and hear, silently sounding within our hearts, the saving news of the Gospel.

The story of Chiacgo’s Father Gary Graf illustrates the challenges facing priests who are falsely accused at a time when hundreds of true stories of horrific abuse dominate the news.

A long-standing permission allows local Catholics to eat muskrat "on days of abstinence, including Fridays of Lent."

Trump says in a tweet that he offered "condolences from the People of the United States for the horrible and destructive fire."

The lesson I take from Jesus’ washing of the feet is this: I do not decide which lives have value and dignity; God does.

I was deeply moved by a visit to the Garden of Gethsemane and to the Church of All Nations that is accessible through the garden.

Why would you give today? Because telling the stories that matter most makes all the difference, for the church and world, now more than ever.

The best way to approach things is to find allies in the Islamic world who share a vision of tolerance and openness and who recognize the concept of the Abrahamic religions as having a common core of beliefs.

Accepting an invitation from the Chinese government, the Holy See is one of a number of nations and organizations participating in an international garden expo in Beijing.

Cathedrals express our solidarity with the universal church: with those who worship in the cathedrals of Ireland and Italy, of England and Gennany, of France and the Philippines.

From 1977: How Catholic journals covered the perilous journey of Jack and Jill up that treacherous hill in 1977.

Our Lady knows exactly what it is like to stand by and see someone you love suffer and die. But Our Lady also knew that, somehow, God was with her in that time of grief. But we could well ask: Where was God yesterday in Paris?

We will continue to write our stories, in glass and in stone, perhaps, but also in how we live our lives with others and for others.

Couldn’t it be apple juice instead of wine? Isn’t it the principle that matters? It could, of course, but then we would lose everything.