I was sitting on the soft, green grass at my parents’ lake home in rural Minnesota admiring all of creation. The weather was lovely on that bright summer afternoon when my husband of fifteen years...
Are you looking for ways to awaken your ten-year-old’s faith? Or are you trying to help your 16-year-old granddaughter discern God’s will? Below you’ll find a letter addressed to young people that...
Ite ad Joseph, the saints have said, which means Go to Joseph. Have you gone to St. Joseph? Do you think of asking his intercession? There are some formal ways we could do that. There are several...
Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they were...
The Stations of the Cross can be intimidating to introduce to little ones. Between all of the different parts involved in Christ’s journey, the length of the prayer, and the depth of the material, it...
Carolyn Woo, at right, the former president and CEO of Catholic Relief Services, speaks with ‘EWTN News in Depth’ on March 14, 2025.
Carolyn Woo argued for...
Pope Francis addresses bishops gathered in St. Peter’s Basilica at the Vatican for the Synod on Synodality closing Mass on Oct. 27, 2024.
The gathering will...
Ash Wednesday 2025: The start of the Lenten season Lent comes providentially to reawaken us, to shake us from our lethargy. Pope Francis Table of Contents What is Ash Wednesday? In 2025, like in...
Along with prayer and almsgiving, fasting is one of the three pillars of Lent. In a message for Lent in 2008, Pope Benedict XVI described these as “specific tasks that accompany the faithful...
Table of Contents: Things to Give Up for Lent When Ash Wednesday draws near, Catholics and other Christians seem to fall into two distinct groups when it comes to what to give up for Lent. The first...
Pope Francis’s latest medical bulletin said that while he still requires further hospitalization, his overall clinical status is improving and doctors are attempting to gradually ween him from...
As negotiations continue to secure a ceasefire in Ukraine, the country’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had a phone call with a top Vatican diplomat to discuss the return of Ukrainian children and a...
Italian Cardinal Pietro Parolin, the Vatican’s Secretary of State, celebrated Mass for Pope Francis’s health and recovery Friday, praying for the pontiff’s swift return from his month-long...
Amid his month-long hospital stay, Pope Francis Thursday celebrated the 12th anniversary of his election to the papacy by sharing cake with the staff assisting him at Rome’s Gemelli Hospital, where...
Pope Francis remains in stable condition despite a clinical status doctors continue to describe as “complex,” however recent scans have indicated he is improving, and he continues to undergo various...