Across many old stories, angels seem so close to humans yet always just out of reach. They appear in visions, stand beside travelers, whisper warnings, or light the sky with their presence. However, ...

The Journal Star received 30 responses about people's visions of heaven. Some were lengthy, quoting the Book of Revelations and other biblical passages; others detailed personal experiences - emotions ...

Dec. 20, 2006 — -- The promise of heaven is one of the most powerful and motivating beliefs in human history. In a survey by ABC News, nearly nine out of 10 Americans said they believed heaven ...

Heaven, right now, is where God is. It is the eternal, conscious presence of God, where the saints dwell in peace beyond the boundaries of time. Scripture suggests that those in heaven may glimpse the ...

In his iconic book The Catholic Imagination, Andrew Greeley memorably writes: Catholics live in an enchanted world, a world of statues and holy water, stained glass ...

Sleep researchers say they have established that many of the visions of angels and other religious encounters described in the Bible were likely "the products of spontaneous lucid dreams." In a sleep ...

“Heaven Is for Real,” “90 Minutes in Heaven,” “Proof of Heaven.” All are books that tell the story of people – a 3-year-old boy, a Christian minister, a Charlotte-born neurosurgeon – who claim they ...

This is the fourth in a series of five posts on the angels and their role in our lives. The content of these posts comes from a series I taught at the Institute of Catholic Culture on the mission of ...