Even if some members of the Synod of Bishops end up feeling disappointed by the results of the synod, “God’s providence is at work in this assembly, bringing us to the Kingdom in ways that God alone knows,” the spiritual adviser to the synod on synodality told them.

As members of the Synod of Bishops entered the last week of their meeting in Rome, the synod’s secretary-general urged them to resist the temptation of “covetousness” — the desire “to keep everything for ourselves, to possess, to hoard, to define, to close.”

Pope Francis called on the faithful to yearn to serve, not thirst for power, as he proclaimed 14 new saints, including Canada-born St. Marie-Léonie Paradis, founder of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, and 11 martyrs.

Deacon Liguori does not believe he is “The King” reincarnated. Yet if you ask his fans, they’ll tell you that may be the best way to describe him.

British Catholics have welcomed the appointment of Father Timothy Radcliffe, their country’s best known Dominican preacher, as a cardinal, predicting it will raise their church’s profile at home and abroad.

As the Catholic Church commemorates World Mission Sunday Oct. 20, Divine Word Father Victor Roche, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands, said Catholics should not only reflect on the work carried out by priests and men and women religious, but also on their own personal calling to be missionaries in their own country.

St. Mary Recycle Mission Group is operated by Kimberly Walters, a Catholic who formerly lived in the Diocese of Rochester and attended church at Rochester’s Our Lady of Victory Parish.

How miscarriage affects fathers and how that affects their relationships is an often overlooked aspect of this ministry’s developing landscape, several experts told OSV News.

As Catholics worldwide prepare to commemorate World Mission Sunday, a missionary priest in the Diocese of Rochester, New York, said his work has given him the opportunity to give back what he received in his youth in Kenya.

Roberto Navarro dreams of one day eradicating hunger, as his work involves “advocating for bills that are important to help our neediest brothers and sisters around the world,” he explained. He and his team advocate for Congress to pass (and maintain) the foreign financial aid budget.