What makes the St. Michael prayer so powerful?
By Father Patrick Briscoe Catholics of a certain age will remember reciting a set of prayers after Mass called the...
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Priest who is popular podcaster urges Catholics to ‘get back in the game’
BY DANIEL MELOY Father Mike Schmitz, the popular host of Ascension Press Media’s “The Bible in a Year” and “The...
NFP, a ‘skill set’ for showing ‘Christ is involved’ in marriage, family life, say experts
Natural Cycles' contraception device and smartphone app are seen in this undated photo. Natural Family Planning Awareness Week is July...
‘Please hear us, and please help us,’ Nigerian bishop pleads, calling ‘blood of martyrs’ the ‘seed of Christianity’
Nigerian Bishop Wilfred Chikpa Anagbe of Makurdi is pictured during an interview in Washington June 7, 2023. Bishop Anagbe is...
Bishops advance cause of ʻShreveport martyrs’ seen as inspiration for U.S. missionary priests
Bishop Francis I. Malone of Shreveport, La., speaks June 15, 2023, during the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' spring assembly...
Eucharistic Revival bishop: Magnifying ‘stories of encounter’ ignites hearts for Jesus, missionary action
Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens of Crookston, Minn., chair of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Evangelization and Catechesis,...
Sudan Catholic bishop shepherds his flock despite falling bombs, heavy artillery
Children who fled the war-torn Sudan following the outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support...
U.S. bishops advance pastoral initiatives to strengthen church amid discussions on Eucharist, priesthood, synodality
Bishop William A. Wack of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Fla., and other prelates listen to a speaker June 16, 2023, during the U.S....
Be disciples mindful of Jesus’ humanity, cardinal tells Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary
BY KURT JENSEN Priests concelebrate the Mass for the Knights of Peter Claver and Ladies Auxiliary convention in New Orleans,...
Kyiv bishop opens up about the spiritual impact of the war in Ukraine
BY GINA CHRISTIAN Bishop Vitalii Kryvytskyi of the Diocese of Kyiv-Zhytomyr in Ukraine is seen outside the Cathedral Church of...
