Catholic Church

By Fr. Ed Broom, OMV, Catholic Exchange - In this short essay, we would like to pay tribute to Saint Teresa of Avila and highlight ten of her great contributions to the Catholic Church and to us as a model of holiness, that we are all called to attain. Remember the words of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ in the context of the Sermon of the Mount: “Be holy as your heavenly Father is holy.”(Mt. 5:48)... Being holy, arriving at sanctity of life, is not conditional, wishful thinking nor something that only a select group is called to, but all.

By Walter Sanchez Silva, ACI Prensa. CNA - A crowd of more than 180,000 pilgrims packed the Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima in Portugal to pray for peace in the Holy Land and Ukraine and “for all the places where peace is lacking.”... 106 years ago, on Oct. 13, 1917, while thousands of pilgrims were in Fatima, the “Miracle of the Sun” occurred, where the sun could be seen moving, doing a kind of “dance.”.. The event lasted about three minutes and happened after the last apparition of the Virgin Mary to the little shepherds Jacinta, Francisco and Lucía.

By Fr. Gerald E. Murray, The Catholic Thing - As all the world now knows, Cardinal Raymond Burke and four fellow cardinals (Brandmüller, Sarah, Sandoval, and Zen) sent five dubia (questions) to Pope Francis this past July. He responded almost immediately, leading several old Vatican hands to believe that the dubia had been anticipated. The dubia and the pope’s responses were not made public, however, until October 2nd, right before the opening of the current Synod on Synodality.

By Paul Senz, Catholic World Report - “By rooting his life in prayer and the sacraments,” says Courtney Mares, author of Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers, “Carlo was able to approach technology in a healthy way. I think that prayer was truly the great secret of his life.”... Courtney Mares is the author of "Blessed Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers"... Mares is a Rome Correspondent for Catholic News Agency and EWTN News... Mares recently spoke with Catholic World Report about this “saint in sneakers”, his passion for the Holy Eucharist, and the holy example he is for young people today.