Articles by Kate Veik
Catholic teen works toward Gold Award by serving single mothers
Jun 22, 2021 / 18:00 pmA Catholic teen in Colorado is hoping to earn the Gold Award, the highest award a Girl Scout can earn, by serving at a Catholic home for single mothers.
Priests share hope for new Pittsburgh parish in Black Catholic tradition
Mar 13, 2021 / 02:00 amLast summer, Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh made an important announcement. St. Benedict the Moor, a historic parish in the Hill District near downtown Pittsburgh, would become a personal parish in the Black Catholic tradition.
Orange diocese to dedicate Christ Cathedral
Jul 15, 2019 / 16:01 pmThe Diocese of Orange will dedicate its Christ Cathedral July 17 after a seven-year, $77-million renovation process.
'I've encountered Him' - how one inmate lost everything and found Christ
Apr 18, 2019 / 15:39 pmRyan Prasad desperately wanted to change his life.
How CRS is changing life for disabled children in Vietnam
Dec 29, 2018 / 10:54 amLife used to be very isolated for Ho Ngoc Linh, an 11-year-old girl living in central Vietnam.
In Haiti, Catholic Relief Services builds hospital to last
Dec 17, 2018 / 16:02 pmThe tremor lasted less than a minute. Dr. Jude Banatte’s car was shaking, and then it was not.
What's destroying some Catholic marriages? The answer may surprise you
Jan 26, 2018 / 00:04 amOf the countless Catholic couples who have come through Father T.G. Morrow's office in Washington D.C. for marriage counseling, two remain imprinted in the priest's mind even today.
'Hello. My name is Mother Teresa. I just wanted to give you my card.'
Sep 4, 2017 / 13:54 pmIt happened on the most ordinary day, in the most ordinary of places.
French pilgrims pedal their way to World Youth Day
Jul 28, 2016 / 02:00 amPilgrims from across the globe travel to World Youth Day by plane, train and automobile. But not Victor Jacquemont, Antoine Lescuyer, and Humbert Canot.
Syrian brothers reunite at WYD, and ask the world to pray
Jul 27, 2016 / 23:04 pmAmong the hundreds of thousands of pilgrims at World Youth Day are two brothers, recently reunited.
For youth in Krakow, seeing Pope Francis will be 'out of this world'
Jul 25, 2016 / 13:40 pmAs thousands of youth are setting foot in Krakow for World Youth Day, many voiced their excitement not only to meet peers who share the same faith, but above all to see Pope Francis in person.
Relics and bedtime stories: the tale behind Arroyo's new children's series
Mar 19, 2016 / 15:37 pmFor over 800 years, the heart of St. Laurence O’Toole was preserved in a wooden, heart-shaped box inside an iron cage bolted to a wall in Christ Church Cathedral in Dublin.
Here’s what Bishop Conley sees as the purpose of education
Dec 30, 2015 / 16:59 pmBishop James Conley of Lincoln, Neb. vividly remembers his father asking him what on earth he planned to do with his English degree.
Was the rescue of 33 Chilean miners an act of God?
Nov 12, 2015 / 06:02 amTechnically, Greg Hall and his team of drilling specialists had done their job when they located 33 miners believed to be trapped – and possibly dead – in a collapsed mine in Chile in 2010.
A tour of Saint John Paul II's Poland
Oct 28, 2015 / 17:08 pmSt. John Paul II had just celebrated the closing Mass of his historic trip to his home country of Poland in 1979 when he turned to survey the crowd of more than a million Poles.
What's the point of education? Bishop Conley has some ideas
Sep 17, 2015 / 03:02 amBishop James Conley of Lincoln, Neb. vividly remembers his father asking him what on earth he planned to do with his English degree.
Even Hurricane Katrina couldn't keep this nun out of New Orleans
Aug 27, 2015 / 15:13 pmFor Sister Greta Jupiter, SSF, it was an odd sensation driving through New Orleans East in the months after Hurricane Katrina. Her neighborhood was quiet. The power, out. Gone was the familiar white noise of birds chirping. There was no traffic, save for military and first responders.
Incest, suicide, and murder: What we can expect from Tolkien’s dark new story
Aug 19, 2015 / 02:04 amA previously unpublished short story by J.R.R. Tolkien will release in the U.K. next week, and it promises to give a fascinating look into one of the literary giant’s first experimentations with fantasy writing.
What's destroying some Catholic marriages? The answer may surprise you
Aug 14, 2015 / 03:02 amOf the countless Catholic couples who have come through Father T.G. Morrow's office in Washington D.C. for marriage counseling, two remain imprinted in the priest's mind even today.
Why no one wants to talk about China's female suicide problem
May 24, 2015 / 15:02 pmZhang Xihuan doesn't know what was going through her mind when she swallowed a mouthful of the pesticide stored behind the staircase in her home in rural Shandong province.