Cardinal days of August: Pope’s pick for cardinals wasn’t the only surprise

For many people in Rome, Pope Francis' decision to schedule a consistory to create new cardinals in August was more surprising than the men he chose to receive the red hat.

Winona-Rochester, Minn., bishop retires; Bishop Barron is named successor

Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Bishop John M. Quinn of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota, and named as his successor Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles.

Could Julia Greeley be one of church’s first Black American saints?

A white marble tomb stands to the left of the altar in Denver's Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception. It is the only tomb in the whole of the building.

Pope names members to worship congregation

Pope Francis has appointed new members of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, including Chicago Cardinal Blase J. Cupich.

NEWS BRIEF: Bishop Olmsted Prepares Us for Pentecost

As we approach Pentecost this weekend, Bishop Olmsted reminds us to be attentive to the Holy Spirit at work in our lives every day.

NEWS BRIEF: Racial Healing and Reconciliation Mass

Last week, St. Pius Catholic Church in downtown Phoenix hosted a special Mass for Racial Healing and Reconciliation on the anniversary of the murder...

From ‘cultural Catholic’ to preparing for ordination to the priesthood

Growing up in Glendale, Deacon Marvin Soto’s family was what he described as culturally Catholic.

Adoration, pondering life’s bigger questions led him to seminary to serve God as a...

Deacon Harold Escarcega, the fourth of five children, was homeschooled in his younger years but attended high school at Veritas Preparatory Academy. During his junior year there, he started asking himself questions.

Trauma of serious car accident led to daily rosary and call to priesthood

His parents came to the U.S. from Vietnam as refugees, part of a wave of tens of thousands of people fleeing persecution, oppression, and the collapse of the Vietnamese economy. His father was one of those who braved the shark- and pirate-infested open seas rather than stay in his homeland.

Hearing the whisper of God pointed a would-be mathematician and tennis star toward religious...

Growing up in Canonsburg, Pa., a small town south of Pittsburgh, Brother John of the Cross, whose father was a teacher, used to attend daily Mass on summer mornings.