Month: October 2025

St. Irene Feast date: Oct 20 St. Irene was a Portuguese nun who was martyred in defense of her chastity in the year 653. Saint Irene’s body was miraculously recovered …

I hope that God will save me through the merits of the passion of Jesus. The more difficulties in life, the more I hope in God. By God’s grace, I …

The US calendar celebrates the Optional Memorial of St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775), who devoted himself to the service of the poor and the sick. He is best known …

Today the Church canonized seven new saints, including the first two Venezuelans ever to be canonized: St. José Gregorio Hernández and St. María del Carmen Rendiles. In Venezuela, everyone is …

I am grateful to OSV News for reporting on my concerns about the USCCB’s granting of an imprimatur to the New Revised Standard Version updated edition (NRSVue) Bible. I appreciate …

Are you waiting to find “the one?” The perfect job? Maybe just a general feeling of contentment in your life? God’s timing is often (usually!) not our timing. So what …

When I was a young seminarian, I spent a summer working at a homeless shelter and soup kitchen run by Catholic Charities in Alexandria, Virginia. One of the regular visitors …

Sunday’s Gospel begins, “Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary.” It’s good to know this is about we who pray, …

Most Catholics have had the experience of looking up a psalm, only to discover that the psalm number they’ve been given is different from the one printed in their Bible. …

A Venezuelan priest who concelebrated the canonization Mass with Pope Leo XIV celebrates his country’s first saints in St. Peter’s Square on Oct. 19, 2025. / Daniel Ibáñez/EWTN Vatican City, …