This is the text from Pope Leo XIV’s homily for the canonization Mass for Saints Carlo Acutis and Pier Giorgio Frassati, given Sept. 7, 2025 in St. Peter's Square. Dear brothers an ...

Ellie Mertens huddled under a pew at Annunciation church in Minneapolis on the morning of Aug. 27 as a barrage of bullets screamed past her, mere inches from her head. She h ...

The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God's plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints -- two young laymen of the 20th and 21st centuries.

In the fall of 1998, I took on my first teaching assignment as a middle school teacher at St. Ann School in Somerville. I was ...

Pope Francis had a special affinity for parents whose children have died. In November 2024, his prayer intention for the ...

Lk 14:25-33 A sabbath dinner, Jesus is at the home of a Pharisee. Jesus heals a man, a scandalous miracle on the sabbath. He ...

Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center in West Hartford, Connecticut, is now the home of several religious statues that once graced St. Gabriel's Monastery in Brighton, Massachusetts. For those fro ...

On our recent trip to Ethiopia, Daria Braithwaite and I were blessed to start our journey with a tour of the Rock-Hewn Churches of Lalibela. Some call them the Eighth Wonder of the world; they certain ...

On July 27, 1946, St. Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception said, "Tomorrow there will be a great battle." St. Alphonsa, born Anna Muttathupadathu in Kerala, India, was a Franciscan Clarist nun who ...

Like a king making ready for battle or a contractor about to build a tower, we have to count the cost as we set out to follow Jesus. Our Lord today is telling us up front the sacrifice it will take ...

We are situated on the coast of the Atlantic Ocean about an hour's drive northeast of Boston. Noted for the spectacular natural beauty, EPRH provides an ideal atmosphere for contemplation, prayer, ...

St. Joseph's Abbey is a monastic community of the Cistercian Order of the Strict Observance, commonly known as Trappists. We are a contemplative order, following the Rule of St. Benedict. The comm ...