Pope Leo is first pontiff to go to St. Charbel’s tomb; visit is source of ‘great joy’ for Lebanon December 3, 2025By Isabella H. de Carvalho OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News On the second leg of his apostolic journey that took him to Lebanon, Pope Leo XIV prayed at the tomb of St. Charbel on Dec. 1.
‘One mightier than I is coming’: Advent with St. John the Baptist December 2, 2025By D.D. Emmons OSV News Filed Under: Advent, Commentary, Saints While we celebrate both John’s birth (on June 24) and death (Aug. 29), it is during Advent that the liturgy amplifies John’s role as the precursor of Christ. It is John who, as God’s instrument, tells the world to get ready, the Messiah is coming; it is John who will then single out the Messiah living in the midst of man.
NCYC relics chapel offers attendees a chance to pray in presence of saints November 29, 2025By Sean Gallagher The Criterion Filed Under: News, Saints, World News, Youth Ministry The Indiana Convention Center in Indianapolis was often filled with laughter and loud, excited talk as thousands of teens made their way back and forth through its wide hallways during the National Catholic Youth Conference Nov. 20-22.
The Catholic roots of ‘pumpkin spice,’ and the saint who first sprinkled the blend with joy November 27, 2025By Sarah Robsdottir OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Recipes, Saints While some might think Starbucks is to thank for the beloved spice combination of cinnamon, nutmeg and clove, the origins of a favorite fall beverage are much older than that.
Tears and prayers greet St. Thérèse relics in Towson November 26, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints, Video Well more than 1,000 people of all ages reverently filed past the relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux during a two-day stop in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
Relic of St. Francis of Assisi coming to Ellicott City November 25, 2025By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Christmas, Feature, Local News, News, Saints A relic of St. Francis of Assisi – a fragment of the very cord he wore around his waist – will travel from Assisi, Italy, to the Shrine of St. Anthony in Ellicott City for an outdoor live Nativity prayer service Dec. 13 at 7 p.m.
N.J. diocese studies possible cause for CUA alum who died protecting parents from assailant November 23, 2025By Mary Morell The Catholic Spirit Filed Under: News, Saints, World News With a Metuchen diocesan commission established, now-Archbishop James F. Checchio initiated a formal study into the possible canonization of a 20-year-old Catholic University of America student from New Jersey who was tragically killed in 2020 while protecting his parents from an armed attacker at their North Brunswick home.
Vatican says cause can move forward for Massachusetts pro-life activist, wife, mother November 23, 2025By Tanya Connor The Catholic Free Press Filed Under: News, Respect Life, Saints, World News This fall the Vatican paved the way for the Worcester Diocese to begin the cause for the potential canonization of a local Catholic — Ruth V. K. Pakaluk.
Indigenous elders, New York artist, Seattle cathedral join to create St. Kateri icon November 22, 2025By Andrew Foster Northwest Catholic Filed Under: Arts & Culture, News, Saints, World News New York artist Patricia Brintle created an icon of St. Kateri Tekakwitha for St. James Cathedral in Seattle.
U.S. bishops advance new sainthood cause for ‘Good Samaritan’ Jesuit priest November 12, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Bishops, News, Saints, World News The U.S. bishops voted overwhelmingly Nov. 11 to support the advancement of a canonization cause for Jesuit Father Richard Thomas.
Relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux coming to Baltimore November 5, 2025By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, Local News, News, Saints Catholics in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will again have the opportunity to pray in the presence of St. Thérèse’s relics – some of the bones of the beloved saint – when they return to the Carmelite Monastery Nov. 25-26.
Newman and the new ultramontanism November 5, 2025By George Weigel Syndicated Columnist Filed Under: Commentary, Saints, The Catholic Difference The irony of Newman being given this rare honor just now lies in the fact that the unity of the Church is threatened by recrudescent ultramontanism: not the old, 19th-century reactionary model, but a new hybrid combining Catholic progressivism in the realm of ideas with liberal authoritarianism in Church governance.
