The Franciscans are no strangers to either the Holy Land or its dangers, and their story there began in 1217 when Brother Elias of Cortuna arrived in Syria to establish “an outpost as missionaries of...

Auxiliary Bishop Robert E. Barron of Los Angeles did not just bemoan the fact many young people are leaving the Catholic Church. He said Church leaders need to make it a priority to bring them back...

Kamila Kaminska, the Polish actress who played St. Faustina Kowalska in the new movie “Love and Mercy: Faustina,” read the diaries her fellow countrywoman wrote to help prepare for the role. “It was...

The U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly Nov. 11 in Baltimore on a revised set of strategic priorities to take them into the next decade. The vote was 214-4 to adopt the new set of strategic priorities...

Maurice LaClair credits a metal-covered prayer book his mother sent him with saving his life in World War II. He was fighting with the United States Army in Burma when shrapnel hit him in the chest...