To ensure greater financial transparency and accountability, Pope Francis approved new regulations governing the financial contributions given for sainthood causes.Read More

Archbishop Lori honored the efforts of youths to remain on the path of their faith, and some of the adults who have helped guide them.Read More

The other day a friend mentioned that her mother has decided to leave the Catholic Church to become an Episcopalian. We talked about how hard it is (not theologically, but personally) when someone you love decides to leave the Church for another faith—or none at all.As we were talking, IRead More

“Our heart can become either God’s cradle or his tomb,” a Servite priest told the pope and Vatican officials.Read More

Nancy Reagan’s “Just Say No” initiative became a national catch phrase that extended far beyond the use of drugs.Read More

“This earth is God’s greatest gift to us,” Dr. Carolyn Woo said. “It is the only home we have."Read More

Laura Ingalls Wilder had a rough childhood. She had no heat, way too much snow, and she had to share a bed with an older sister who always had prettier dresses to wear.But I don’t remember that she trudged through the snow carrying piles of homework back to the littleRead More

The four Missionaries of Charity murdered March 4 in Yemen “are the martyrs of today,” Pope Francis said.Read More