Certain neurological, biological, and psychological principles underlie experience. Misunderstanding them can inhibit hope and diminish meaning. Principle 1. Mental focus amplifies and magnifies ...

Pope Leo XIV closed the door at St. Peter’s Basilica on Jan. 6, 2026, just days into the new year. The act formally brought the Vatican’s Holy Year 2025 – designated as “Pilgrims of Hope” – to an end.

To many, the relationship between hope and religion appears to be crystal clear and one cannot exist without the other. For them, faith and hope go hand in hand. Many just go to religion because they ...

Patricia Bruininks had no idea she would study hope when she attended Hope College in Michigan as an undergraduate in the mid-1990s. Perhaps it was a sign, though, of where her path would take her. It ...