After seven years of formation as a Jesuit scholastic, Christopher Lowney discerned -- in a way that clearly would have impressed St. Ignatius of Loyola -- that religious life was not the purpose for which he was created.
A popular event for high school students in the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis returns Nov. 5. Suspended during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, Lifeline restarts at NET Ministries’ headquarters in West St. Paul with its format of Mass, contemporary praise and worship, a talk geared toward young people and their faith, and a time for eucharistic adoration to process topics discussed.
Praying the rosary for the conversion of sinners is "an act of compassion and love," speaker David Carollo told the crowd gathered for the National Rosary Rally in Washington Oct. 9.
Kathy Pierson started a new chapter when she was widowed at 51, reclaiming a teenage dream to travel abroad. Her open mind and Catholic faith guide her. Meanwhile, her devotion to family remains an anchor.
A charitable trust has been created solely to own and maintain the Leo C. Byrne Residence in St. Paul, a commitment to better serving the retired clergy who live there, said Bill Lentsch, chief operating officer of the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis.
Authorities in Central America feared the number of dead would increase after the weather system known as Julia left much of the region buried in mud or covered in floods in early October.
At an Oct. 10 ceremony at the Vatican Embassy in Washington, Catholic advocates working to bring an end to the death penalty acknowledged leaders in the fight against capital punishment in the U.S.
With the full picture of the widespread fallout and damages Hurricane Ian brought to southwest Florida still coming into focus, the Miami region looks on with a collective sigh of relief: What if that had hit here?