Brochero set out to be a pastor, and in the process became the public servant par excellence.
Saints
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Who is Madeleine Delbrêl—the “French Dorothy Day” Pope Francis made venerable this weekend?
Madeleine Delbrêl is a saint for the rest of us.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Hate Valentines Day? This year, celebrate Ash Wednesday instead
Catholics are being given a reprieve from that most noxious of American holidays: Valentine’s Day.
Posted inFaith, News
Pope Francis recognizes martyrdom of ‘Of Gods and Men’ monks
The seven Trappists and 11 other religious men and women were killed in Algeria in the 1990s.
Posted inFaith, News
Monks killed in Algeria, depicted in ‘Of Gods and Men,’ will soon be beatified
The decree for their beatification should be published sometime in January, Trappist Father Thomas Georgeon said.
Posted inFaith, News
Paul VI could be canonized in 2018
Canonization could take place during the Synod of Bishops, an institution Paul re-established after Vatican II.
Posted inFaith, News
Vatican releases new instruction on authenticating and protecting relics of saints
“The dismemberment of the body is not allowed” unless the bishop has obtained permission from the saints’ congregation.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why you can’t become a saint by yourself
It is no coincidence that saints often come in pairs.
Posted inFaith, News
Blessed Solanus Casey lived out faith, hope, charity every day, says cardinal
He came from an Irish family of profound Catholic convictions. Faith for him was a very precious inheritance for facing the difficulties of life.
Posted inFaith, Vantage Point
In solidarity with the slain Jesuits of El Salvador
Joseph A. O’Hare, S.J., former editor in chief of America, gave this homily at a memorial Mass for the Jesuits slain Jesuits at St. Ignatius Church in New York on Nov. 22, 1989.