During the six months following the national 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline launch in July, more than 2 million calls, texts and chat messages have streamed into its 200 call centers coast-to-coast, the Associated Press recently reported. As suicide continues to be
When Nadia Molina joined the pro-life rosary prayed at Salt Lake City's Cathedral of the Madeleine every first Thursday of the month, she never imagined that would lead to supporting people on the other side of the world.
"We pray for life, but
A new conference planned for January 2023 hosted by Evangelical Catholic aims to inspire and equip priests to better engage in the work of evangelization at the heart of their priestly ministry. The conference comes as priests are leading an exceptional time
In Sunday’s homily at the beatification Mass of Blessed John Paul I, Pope Francis said: “Jesus asks us precisely this: live the Gospel and you will live your life, not halfway but to the full. Live the Gospel, live life, with no
Fifty years have passed since St. Paul VI instituted the ministries of lector and acolyte, opening them to the laity, and Pope Francis wants a formal "dialogue" with the world's bishops' conferences to discuss their experiences with the ongoing promotion of the
Los Angeles Archbishop José H. Gomez Aug. 19 described a new residence in the city for homeless pregnant women and their children as a "beautiful work of compassion and care for our most vulnerable neighbors."
He took part in the blessing of Harvest
In the 10 days following the U.S. Supreme Court's June 24 ruling overturning the Roe v. Wade decision that legalized abortion nationwide, the Archdiocese of Detroit's "Walking with Moms in Need" webpage received nearly 1,600 unique page views.
That number represented about half
In an In Focus for Our Sunday Visitor, Maryann Gogniat Eidemiller shares the stories of eight Catholic speakers. Some names might be familiar, while others may be new. As she writes, “Many of them are juggling their evangelization with other full-time jobs,
Finding healing and exploring ways to work more effectively with diverse communities was the focus of the general session on the second day of the "Alive in Christ: Young, Diverse, Prophetic Voices Journeying Together," a multicultural national gathering of Catholic ministry leaders
Catholic ministry is often categorized as liturgical, pro-life or social justice, but there is a relatively recent ministry that encompasses all three and focuses on accompanying Catholics who live with mental illness as well as accompanying their families.
The issue of mental illness