Medieval saints often earned authority not by healing people, but by restoring fields, animals, and land that kept rural ...

Drawn by faith, Chileans made their way to the sacred sanctuary in La Tirana, on the outskirts of Santiago. Built on ground once hallowed by Chile’s fight for freedom, the shrine honors the Virgen del ...

On Oct. 10, 2020, Carlo Acutis, a computer enthusiast, was beatified and given the title of “Blessed,” in the town of Assisi in Italy. Already, Catholics are calling this 15-year-old video gamer and ...

Connie Sorensen-Birk paints a retablo in her personal studio above her garage. Sorensen-Birk has been painting retablos, or devotional art pieces dedicated to saints, since 2006. Since 2006, Connie ...

“No visions, no tilma, no stigmata. Just a dude and his computer and his love of God. That stuff’s cool,” was how one 24-year-old woman in Texas summarized her appreciation for one of the communion of ...

Devotion to St. Lawrence, the third century Roman deacon and martyr, took root in what is now the border area of Mexico and the United States more than three centuries ago, and he is now one of the ...

VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Pope Francis will create 14 new saints on Sunday (Oct. 20) who have in common a calling to spread the gospel and a special devotion to the Holy Spirit, the key themes of a major ...

Portrait of St. Augustine of Hippo receiving the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, by Philippe de Champaigne, c. 17th century (Composite photo/Wikimedia Commons) Maybe it is fitting that this tense, tough ...