Archive for December 23, 2017

Venerable Margaret Bosco. (Public domain).?w=200&h=150

Have you heard of Venerable 'Mama Bosco'?

While St. John Bosco is a beloved saint among Catholics, many do not know that his mother, Margaret Bosco, was... Read more

Brendan Kelly meets Pope John Paul II. Courtesy of TANbooks.?w=200&h=150

By Mary Farrow

What the littlest children can teach us about suffering

“There will be saints among the children.”  Read more

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From left to right: Karol Wojtyla Sr., Joseph Ratzinger Sr., Mario Jose Bergoglio, Louis Marius Prevost.

Meet the fathers behind the Church’s 4 most recent popes

Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, during a celebration and mass to honor his selection as Pope on June 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Full text of Pope Leo XIV's address to Catholics in Chicago

Pope Leo XIV addresses Catholic faithful on the scoreboard at Rate Field, home to the Chicago White Sox, during a celebration and Mass to honor his selection as Pope on June 14, 2025 in Chicago, Illinois.

Pope Leo XIV encourages young people to be 'beacons of hope' at Chicago event

A Brooklyn Park police officer looks on while guarding the entrance to a neighborhood on June 14, 2025 in Brooklyn Park, Minnesota.

'Senseless violence': Minnesota Catholic leaders respond to shooting, murder of lawmakers

The front door of 212 E. 141st Place, the childhood home of Pope Leo XIV, in Dolton, Illinois.

Pope Leo’s boyhood home in Chicago could go for more than $1 million

Deacons gather in St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome in February. The number of deacons in the U.S. has declined year over year, according to a recent report, June 13, 2025.

Annual report finds there are ‘not enough’ deacons being ordained in the U.S.

Fernando Moscardó (center) and his friend Patricia (far left) meet with Pope Leo XIV and Bishop Mikel Garciandía of Palencia (right) after the Holy Father’s general audience on Wednesday, June 11, 2025.

Young people present to Pope Leo XIV their spiritual renewal project for Europe

The McCoppin family (from left): Alyssa, Courteney, James, Rhys, and Kelly, poses for a photo after entering the Catholic Church at the Easter Vigil on April 8, 2023, at Sacred Heart Church in Manassas.

Virginia teen’s Catholic school journey inspires whole family’s conversion

Volunteers and staff with Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley assist Latin American and Haitian migrants at a migrant shelter in McAllen, Texas.

House launches probe of Catholic nongovernmental organizations’ role aiding migrants

Mother Carmen Rendiles and Dr. José Gregorio Hernández are scheduled to be proclaimed Venezuela’s first saints on Oct. 19, 2025.

Pope Leo XIV to canonize 7 saints on Oct. 19

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