When a family member or a friend passes away, we often find ourselves reflecting on the question “where are they now?” As mortal beings, it is a question of ultimate significance to each of us.

What will Heaven be like? Perhaps not surprisingly, competing images abound. Until around the end of the 17th century, Heaven was primarily about the Beatific Vision. The perfect happiness of eternity ...

"Heaven would surely have to feel like home," wrote Dan Clinchard of Lincoln. " It seems odd to imagine corners in an infinite space, but I imagine there is a special corner in heaven for people like ...

DEAR BONNIE: Can You tell me what you see when you see heaven? I have heard so many different ideas about what heaven looks like, and I have been trying to picture heaven in my own mind. I was ...

In his new book, Our Father: Reflections on the Lord’s Prayer, Pope Francis offers unprecedented insight into some of Jesus’s most profound words. In this excerpt from the book, the Pope unpacks the ...

Q: I really enjoy your article here on Sundays. I will ask you a question that I am afraid my minister would be very surprised at my asking him. I am a Christian and believe I will go to Heaven, but I ...

The problem with Peter Kreeft’s eloquent and moving book Heaven is not the author but the author’s faith. Kreeft follows a particular Christian thread that portrays heaven as the place of our ultimate ...

It’s either the most simple or the most complex question imaginable, and one that has tantalized religious leaders, philosophers and average, everyday mortals ever since we, as a species, first ...

Joanne M. Pierce is a Roman Catholic member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic Consultation in the USA, a national ecumenical dialogue group sponsored by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ...