When a childhood friend first told me about the love she had for her foster brother, I vowed to become a foster parent someday. Now that “someday” has finally...
Saints
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on saints—stories, reflections, and resources celebrating their lives, teachings, and example of holiness.
It might sound a bit cliché to say that St. Joseph is one of my favorite saints. For a long time, it honestly kind of was. When asked that oft-repeated...
On October 24 the church remembers the life and ministry of St. Anthony Mary Claret. He was a popular missionary, writer, publisher, archbishop, and reluctant...
It’s been more than a decade and a half since Catholics around the world converged on St. Peter’s Square in Vatican City for the solemn funeral Mass of St...
Born: c. 1 CE Died: c. 96 or 107 CE Feast day: January 26 Patron saint of: Crete, the United States Army Chaplain Corps Titus was one of Paul’s colleagues who...
Constantine promulgated the Edict of Milan in 313. This declared religious toleration in the Roman Empire. More specifically, Constantine’s edict opened the...
I really don’t appreciate when someone tells me I can’t do something. After being rejected from the University of Notre Dame my senior year of high school, I...
Towering intellect. Contemplative religious. Loyal friend. Such were a few of the many sides of Edith Stein. She’s also like an older sister to me. During her...
On December 2, 1990, soldiers murdered or wounded three dozen unarmed Tz’utujil Indians in Santiago Atitlán, a picturesque, mostly indigenous town of about...
Our Lady of Częstochowa is striking in many ways, but the scars on her right cheek make her truly unique. They are battle scars that the Black Madonna suffered...
