Jim Towey is one of the fortunate few who also got to know her as a friend. Towey, an attorney by trade who has also worked in government and academia over the years, first met Mother Teresa 37 years ago after he started volunteering at a soup kitchen run by the Missionaries of Charity, the ...read more

Who is John Paul I? God’s Smile is Blessed It has been said that John Paul I’s pontificate was like a meteor that lights up the sky and quickly disappears. His election as pope was a source of joy after the heavy grief that accompanied the death of Saint Paul VI less than one month ...read more

THOMASTON, Conn. (CNS) — It’s miraculous Joseph and Megan Hermosillo were able to walk across the Thomaston Opera House stage together Aug. 13. Along with their six children, ages 2-12, the couple from Frederick, Maryland, was invited to provide testimony for pilgrims following “In the Footsteps of Blessed Michael McGivney,” a tour sponsored by the ...read more

Each of us is called to join Pope Francis in the pilgrimage of healing and reconciliation between the Indigenous Peoples in Canada and the Catholic Church. ...read more

School’s out and summer is here! It's a good time to ask: What are God’s plans for this summer? How does He want you to grow and flourish? ...read more

Here are 11 quotes from saints to help you celebrate the great feast of Corpus Christi and to meditate on the mystery of the Eucharist. ...read more

God is a good parent who feeds his children in many ways. Most mysteriously of all, He gives us Himself to eat in the Eucharist. ...read more

Ten Polish nuns murdered by Russian soldiers at the end of World War II were beatified in Wroclaw, Poland, on June 11, 2022. ...read more

Bishops in South Korea have moved ahead to pursue the canonization of 81 Catholics martyred by communist forces during the Korean War. ...read more

Capuchin Fathers Leonard Melki and Thomas Saleh, two 20th-century Lebanese martyrs, were beatified on June 4 in Jal El Dib, near Beirut. ...read more