Marine vet counts on prayer, faith to reunite with deported husband

"I just have to keep telling myself that everything is just part of his plan, and there's a reason why," Elizabeth Perez said.

Pope Francis’ advice for Holy Week [VIDEO]

Pope Francis spoke about the importance of humility during his Palm Sunday homily at the Vatican March 29.

Feast of Sts. Perpetua and Felicity

(CNA) — Perpetua and Felicity were among five catechumens who, after refusing to worship the Roman emperor, died for the faith around the year 203.

MLK Mass to honor strides toward civil rights

An Illinois bishop suggested 14 ways to close the racial divide. One of them: go to a weekday Mass and pray for guidance.

#PopeinUS Cheat Sheet

Don't miss a minute of Pope Francis' historic U.S. visit or the World Meeting of Families!

Profile of a refugee: Former Colombian journalist, now deacon in Canada

"We come with a luggage full of dreams," the deacon said, yet the ever-present news about Canada's plan to welcome 25,000 Syrian refugees made him pensive.

Canadian cardinal-designate spent decades working with poor, marginalized

https://youtu.be/5AUf9O0uhAM WASHINGTON (CNS) — In working among the world’s poor for many decades, Canadian Cardinal-designate Michael Czerny was one of several Jesuits who volunteered to...

Pope Francis ‘has our backs’ on pro-life cause, says archbishop

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis “has our backs” in the pro-life cause, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said to applause in his Jan. 23 homily at the opening Mass of the National Vigil for Life.

Women reflect on their role in Christ, ways to engage culture during annual conference

For women who often care for others first and themselves somewhere down the line, the conference posed a question point blank at them: “Who Does He Say You Are?”

Banners unfurled as faithful share stories of five saints

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Vatican hung banners of the Catholic Church’s newly canonized saints four days before the Mass that would officially recognize that they are in heaven with God.