Pope Francis prays in front of a statue of Our Lady of Fatima during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 13. The statue, which was present for the May 13 feast of Our Lady of Fatima, is a copy of the original in Fatima, Portugal. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano, pool)

Faith, Vatican Dispatch

Pope Francis will canonize two of the children who saw Our Lady of Fatima

by Gerard O’Connell March 23, 2017

Jacinta and Francisco will be the youngest children ever to be recognized as saints by the church.

A mural in El Paisnal, El Salvador, seen in this Jan. 29 photo, features Blessed Oscar Romero and town native Father Rutilio Grande, surrounded by rural men, women and children, the community the Jesuit Father Grande served from 1972 until his March 12, 1977, assassination. (CNS photo/Rhina Guidos)

Dispatches, Politics & Society

El Salvador holds hope for its saint in waiting, Jesuit Father Rutilio Grande

by Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service March 9, 2017

In El Salvador, there is a yearning that the intercession of Blessed Oscar Romero will help the beatification cause of his martyred Jesuit friend, Father Rutilio Grande.

Faith, Features

Treating saints like superheroes is a dangerous game.

by Robert Ellsberg February 21, 2017

We have to take the saints down from their pedestals.

Dorothy Day, co-founder of the Catholic Worker Movement and its newspaper, The Catholic Worker, is depicted in a stained-glass window at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in the Staten Island borough of New York. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz)

Faith, In All Things

Dorothy Day: Future Saint, Imperfect Parent

by James Martin, S.J. February 8, 2017

Kate Hennessey’s new book is a searingly honest look at Dorothy Day the mother.

Faith, Video

Martyred Salvadoran Inspires

by Chaz Muth - Catholic News Service January 17, 2017

Catholics in a Washington church discuss how the soon-to-be beatified Archbishop Oscar Romero impacts their faith.

Faith, Video

Oscar Romero’s Beatification through Salvadoran Eyes

by America Video January 17, 2017

What does Blessed Oscar Romero's beatification mean for the people of El Salvador? Take in their reactions, plus the extraordinary sights and sounds of the beatification festivities.