It’s not just popes: The church needs more time to examine any person’s life.
Saints
Posted inDispatches, Faith
The McCarrick Report and Pope John Paul II: Confronting a saint’s tarnished legacy
St. John Paul II knew about the Theodore McCarrick sex abuse allegations—and promoted him anyway. Why?
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
13 saints (and 2 Marys) to pray to on Election night
Got election anxiety? There’s a patron saint for that.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: The history behind the Knights of Columbus and its founder, Father Michael McGivney
Father Michael McGivney, was beatified on Saturday, Oct. 31, at the Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford, Conn. What is his legacy?
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: Where did Halloween come from—and should Catholics celebrate it?
Halloween’s roots lie deep in pre-Christian rituals—but also in the long heritage of All Saints Day.
Posted inNews, Politics & Society
Their baby had no chance of survival. So they prayed to Father McGivney for a miracle.
A baby that was cured in utero through the intercession of Father Michael J. McGivney has turned 5 years old, and his parents are changed forever.
Posted inExplainer, Faith
Explainer: What is an exorcism, exactly?
Is the practice of exorcism best forgotten, or is there any value in it?
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why do Catholics pray to saints?
Why might you find yourself praying to your deceased grandmother rather than to Christ? Because in your story she is another Christ, not an alternative Christ.
Posted inFaith, News
Blessed Carlo Acutis is set to become the first millennial saint. This isn’t the first time the Catholic Church has canonized children.
As a scholar of medieval liturgy and culture, I know that there has been a long history of including children among the saints approved for official recognition and veneration.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Blessed Carlo Acutis watched ‘Pokémon.’ That’s my kind of saint.
Acutis’s beatification is a beacon to all those who live their lives, for better or for worse, increasingly online.