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When Marta Pereira visited St. Antony’s Pilgrim Shrine during an immersion trip to the Diocese of Vijayapuram in India, she was awed by the thousands of faithful who gathered for the sacraments and eucharistic adoration on a Tuesday, the Church’s traditional day to honor and pray to the saint.

A forlorn-looking woman standing outside her small shack near Mandeville, Jamaica, caught the eye of the van driver who was taking Grant Rabuse and nine others from the archdiocese to a mission site in the south-central Diocese of Mandeville.

All the meetings Debbie Keller attended in Kitui, Kenya, during a Center for Mission partnership trip started in a surprising way — whether they were about community building and resources or gatherings with local women.

In 1822, a young and rich French woman, Pauline Jaricot, founded the Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Christian patriarchs and heads of churches in Jerusalem noted "with grave concern" British Prime Minister Liz Truss' call for her government to review moving the British Embassy to Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.

Seattle Archbishop Paul D. Etienne said Oct. 7 he is "increasingly troubled" by Russia's war against Ukraine and said Russian President Vladimir Putin's "irresponsible threats" to use nuclear weapons "are of grave concern."

The best way to ensure that economic growth benefits everyone is to create jobs, especially for those who struggle most, Pope Francis said.

Continuing to talk about the "grave danger" humanity is facing because of the war in Ukraine and Russia's threat to use nuclear weapons, Pope Francis urged a group of young people from Belgium to be peacemakers.