In Opening the Word Scripture reflection for June 26, Notre Dame professor Catherine Cavadini looks at the heroic sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe and how his understanding of the Gospel moved him to give his own life for the sake of his
In his latest column, managing editor Scott Warden explores the concerning statistics regarding friendships among adults and teens. He writes: “Recent studies have shown that Americans today are suffering from a drastic lack of friendship as compared to their peers from a
For 2,000 years, Christ in the holy Eucharist has been adored. Ever since Jesus gave himself to us in the consecrated bread and wine at the Last Supper, he has been with us in the Mass and in Eucharistic adoration. Yet, so
A reader asks: “We were told that the Jews asked Pontius Pilate (the Romans) to crucify Jesus because they were not allowed to administer capital punishment. Yet, the Jews seemed to have the authority to do so with St. Stephen and the
Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonization of Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, founder of the Scalabrinian missionaries, dispensing the requirement of a miracle attributed to his intercession, the Vatican announced.
The pope will convene a consistory -- a meeting of cardinals
The lives of the saints prove that holiness is not an unreachable goal accomplished by a select few but comes from acknowledging and sharing God's love, Pope Francis said.
"Our Christian lives begin not with doctrine and good works, but with the amazement
In April, a new organization was formed to share information and devotion to Irish priest Father Willie Doyle, a chaplain during World War I who died trying to save two soldiers. In a new article for Our Sunday Visitor, Michael Kelly looks
Among the 10 men and women Pope Francis will proclaim as the Catholic Church's newest saints is a Dutch priest and journalist who stood his ground against Nazi ideology and paid for it with his life.
The example of Blessed Titus Brandsma, who
For the first time since October 2019, thanks to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Vatican’s St. Peter’s Square will host a canonization on May 15. This gap of two-and-a-half years was punctuated only by the pontiff in 2021 when he named Italian Third
Good Shepherd Sister María Agustina Rivas Lopez, who was murdered by terrorists during Peru's political violence, was beatified May 7 during a liturgy in the same plaza where she was shot to death in 1990.
The altar, adorned with local tropical plants and