Pilgrims seek St. Junipero Serra’s intercession for California
A trio of young adults and their dog Laika walked more than 800 miles in the footsteps of St. Junipero Serra on a Lenten pilgrimage to pray for California in the 46 days from Ash Wednesday to the Easter Vigil.
Years of searching culminate in conversion and the birth of a future bishop
Sitting in her quiet front room inside a modest home on a tree-lined street in Chandler, Joan Wall, mother of Bishop James S. Wall of the Diocese of Gallup, describes an early glimpse inside the Catholic Church. She was 11 years old at the time.
Eucharistic preachers seek to inspire the faithful to encounter Jesus
Priests soon will be fanning out to dioceses across the country to inspire deeper reflection on the gift of the Eucharist to the church.
New facility, generosity of Shea Homes, will take OLPH, Glendale students to ‘next level’
Since 2014, when STREAM – the Catholic extension of STEM, the integration of science, technology, engineering and math into every aspect of learning to provide a more well-rounded student – was introduced, the initiative has been taking Catholic students to the next level in their education.
St. Gianna’s daughter planning to open spiritual pilgrimage center
Dr. Gianna Emanuela Molla, a pediatrician and daughter of Italian St. Gianna Beretta Molla, plans to open an international pilgrimage site and center in Springfield to help spread knowledge of and devotion to her parents and promote marriage and family life.
Pope John Paul I’s teaching echoed ‘faith of the apostles,’ pope says
Pope John Paul I's time as pope, although brief, remains an important example of the beauty and simplicity of faith, Pope Francis said.
Pope to grandparents, elderly: We must lead revolution of tenderness
Pope Francis said he is convinced God is calling his peers -- older Catholics -- to become "artisans of the revolution of tenderness."
Faith, fortitude, martyrdom, miracles: Pope will recognize 10 new saints
After a long pandemic pause, Pope Francis is scheduled to celebrate a Mass May 15 for the canonization of 10 men and women: five from Italy, three from France, one from India and one from the Netherlands.
Speaking out
Our Holy Father Pope Francis has given great emphasis to the importance of listening during the synodal process underway in the universal Church. He teaches that to be an effective teaching Church ("ecclesia docens") we must also be a learning Church ("ecclesia discens"); listening is an essential part of learning.
Dutch priest proposed as patron saint of journalists
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.
