Sister Norma spoke as part of a Sept. 14 online panel co-sponsored by Georgetown University’s Initiative on Catholic Social Thought and Public Life and its Berkley Center for Religion, Peace and World Affairs.

What is a saint’s relic? A relic can be one of three things: part of the body of a saint (a first-class relic); an item, such as a piece of clothing, used by a saint (a second-class relic); or an object touched to a first or second class relic (a third-class relic).

October’s general assembly in Rome for the Catholic Church’s Synod of Bishops on synodality aims to address human reality — not abstractions — in order to more effectively share Jesus Christ and his Gospel with others, said Bishop Daniel E. Flores, a U.S. member of the global assembly’s preparatory commission.

For those who have never heard Mother Teresa’s famous “Gospel on five fingers,” simply imagine the petite and wizened founder of the Missionaries of Charity counting out these words on the digits of a hand — your hand: “You. Did. It. To. Me.”

Catholic activists called on Congress to ensure funding for migrant services is protected in upcoming appropriations bills at a Sept. 13 event near the U.S. Capitol.

As the Catholic Church in the U.S. marks National Migration Week Sept. 18-24, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, chair of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Migration, highlighted the need to “address the coercive forces driving people to migrate.”

A shelter near the U.S.-Mexico border for pregnant migrants run by a pro-life leader is preparing to welcome the first infant born while the mother is staying at the shelter, its co-founder told OSV News.

To foster skills needed for responsible device use, the archdiocese’s Office for the Mission of Catholic Education developed a series of aspirational goals to help Catholic school students strive for digital well-being and personal holiness as part of a multiyear action plan, with a special focus on preschool to eighth grade schools.

The pope spoke about how the groups associated with the West/Southwest Industrial Areas Foundation in the United States take issues patiently, “atom by atom,” and end up building something that “penetrates” and changes entire communities.

The Norbertines — one of the oldest surviving religious orders in the Catholic Church, established in France in 1120 — are not only, in the words of their founder St. Norbert of Xanten, “prepared for every good work.”