Pope asks Vatican police to be witnesses of the Gospel through their work October 6, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Police work is a service for the safety and security of people and institutions, Pope Leo XIV said, but it is also a way for Christians to give witness to their faith.
Why St. Thérèse continues to inspire believers today — especially those who suffer October 5, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Consecrated Life, Feature, News, Saints, World News St. Thérèse is often seen as a “sweet saint of roses,” a childlike figure whose holiness seemed effortless. Yet behind this image was a young Carmelite who embraced the demands of cloistered life, endured spiritual darkness, and suffered from tuberculosis, dying at just 24.
St. Katharine Drexel’s legacy endures as Black Catholic university she founded turns 100 October 3, 2025By Peter Finney Jr. OSV News Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Colleges, News, Saints, World News In a city renowned for its seemingly genetic ability to parade, party and partake, the 100th anniversary of Xavier University of Louisiana has focused on the gifts of faith, love and reading the signs of the times.
Silence in a noisy world October 1, 2025By Effie Caldarola OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The noise of this world makes a home in our minds. God’s soft, silent sounds live in our hearts. We all need more silence.
Celebrating the holiness of St. Teresa of Avila October 1, 2025By J.J. Ziegler OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints More than five centuries after her birth, we can ask this Carmelite reformer to help us travel the paths of joy, prayer, fraternity and time in our own pilgrimage to God.
Pope will declare St. John Henry Newman doctor of the church Nov. 1 September 29, 2025By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Leo XIV announced he will proclaim St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church Nov. 1 during the Jubilee of the World of Education.
Talks reveal heroism, humor and holiness of Irish Jesuit killed in WWI, admired by saints September 29, 2025By Simone Orendain OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Organizers of the sainthood cause for an Irish Jesuit priest who was killed while trying to save two Protestant soldiers on a World War I battlefield, and was also admired by other saints, have planned talks in the Chicago area and northern Indiana churches in late October.
‘The Cabrini Pledge’ calls faithful to be keepers of hope for migrants and refugees September 23, 2025By Marietha Góngora V. OSV News Filed Under: Immigration and Migration, News, Saints, World News At the start of National Migration Week, taking place this year Sept. 22-28, the chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration invited the faithful to join “The Cabrini Pledge” and be guardians of hope for migrants and refugees.
‘Bernadette of Lourdes’ French musical coming to America with ‘universal’ message September 23, 2025By Kurt Jensen OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints On Sept. 28 and 29, to mark the 100th anniversary of Saint Bernadette’s beatification (She was canonized in 1933) a video presentation of the show, in French with subtitles, will be shown in American movie theaters, sponsored by Fathom Events and Pathe Live.
Holiness is forged in revolution September 21, 2025By Father Patrick Briscoe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Holiness does not wait for stability. Holiness is forged in revolution.
St. Thérèse ‘provides a light’ for today’s world, says Michigan rector ahead of relics tour September 21, 2025By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak will host the major relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Oct. 1-8 as part of a national tour.
Timely reflections on holiness September 18, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Each of the stories of the saints, as Leo put it, all started when “they said ‘yes’ to God and gave themselves to him completely, keeping nothing for themselves.”
