On Nov. 1, the Catholic Church celebrates the solemnity of All Saints, a day in which all who have attained eternal life in heaven are honored and celebrated. The Catholic Church has tens of thousands ...

The Modern Saints: Portraits and Reflections on the Saints is a breath of fresh air. I recently sat down with Morbitzer to interview her about this extraordinary work. The following conversation has ...

More valuable than the sweetly simple exterior of Humans of Heaven is the beauty of the holy men and women who fill the pages within. Humans of Heaven has a sort of “ever ancient, ever new” motif, ...

One of my favorite paintings is Vincent Van Gogh’s “First Steps.” It is set in a garden next to a small house. A father crouches down with arms outstretched toward his young child, standing just in ...

(RNS) — The book, out Dec. 5, includes reflections from 50 ‘saints of tomorrow,’ including Jesuit priest James Martin and public theologian Christena Cleveland. (RNS) — As Christians across the world ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — In the late 1100s, an Irish priest and his assistant traveling south from Ulster stopped for the night. As they sat by their campfire, a wolf approached and spoke, telling the ...

The theme of the 2025 Jubilee Year is “Pilgrims of Hope.” For those who wish to embark on a spiritual pilgrimage through reading and prayer during the Lenten season — or anytime during this sacred ...

(RNS) — Before “Wicked” was a blockbuster film and a hit Broadway musical, it was a 1995 novel rife with dark twists and a whole lot of religion. Gregory Maguire’s origin story for the Wicked Witch of ...

The Catholic Church has canonized its first millennial saint—dubbed “God’s influencer.” Is it a sign of change to a centuries-old practice? The Catholic Church has canonized its first millennial saint ...

The award-winning Black feminist author Toni Morrison converted to Roman Catholicism in her teens, taking Anthony as her baptismal name and using Toni as a pen name. She wrote fiction featuring ...

A century ago, my northern Utah hometown was a tough place. Even Chicago gangster Al Capone reportedly said Ogden’s infamous 25th Street was too lawless for his liking. The area also teemed, however, ...