Jim remembered everyone—even my mother whom he had never met or spoken with. A special occasion would not go by without a phone call or a handwritten note from Jim.

“Praise increases joy. Praise is like a ladder: it leads hearts upward,” Pope Francis said. “Praise elevates souls and defeats the temptation to give up.”

Latino participation is important: Recent polling data suggests that more than half of U.S. Catholics under 30 are Latino. Overall, Latinos make up more than 40 percent of Catholics in the United States.

A Reflection for the Memorial of St. Maximilian Kolbe, by Michael Simone, S.J.

The fate of Maria Lanakila Church was for several days the subject of rumor.

Parsing the numbers and understanding the implications can be challenging. Are we learning anything new?