I hadn’t heard of the Claretians or their founder, St. Anthony Mary Claret, until a priest gave a talk about them to us eighth graders at St. Mel Grammar...
Saints
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on saints—stories, reflections, and resources celebrating their lives, teachings, and example of holiness.
Francis and Clare. Even though he was the better known of the two, it was Clare who most captured my attention at my Franciscan high school. From the...
Few have written authoritative biographies of the 20th-century spiritual giants Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker, and Thomas Merton, the...
The editors interview Jim Forest, biographer and friend of Dorothy Day–and a former Catholic Worker himself, about Dorothy Day’s abortion...
A handsome, royal-blooded Basque descendant of the Castle Navarre, St. Francis Xavier dreamed of fame and fortune and of his name being echoed with awe...
As Cuban refugees in Puerto Rico, my parents made it a priority in our upbringing for my brother Ignacio and me to learn Cuban history and traditions, from...
How do we honor a pope whose complexities are still fresh in our memory? As Pope John Paul II is beatified May 1 before hundreds of thousands in St. Peter’s...
Following Pope John Paul II's death, Patrick McCormick reflected that the spotlight that followed him is a great a part of his legacy as the...
As a voice for peace and justice, Pope John Paul II was a man for all political reasons. John paul II will be remembered as the pope who stared down global...
U.S. Catholic readers told us what they thought of Pope John Paul II and the papacy in his last years and right after his death. Take a look at how their...
