Catholic Saints

‘Most High Glorious God!’

Roch Niemier, OFM August 3, 2025

If you look closely at Christ on the San Damiano Cross, as painted on this cross, you will see that it is neither a bloody body nor one twisted in anguish.

bird landing on a hand with its wings flapping

Our Family of Creation

Jack Wintz, OFM August 2, 2025

Will we see our pets and other creatures in the next life? Only God can answer a question like this.

person giving food to a homeless person.

The Saints Beckon Us

Vanesa Zuleta Goldberg July 28, 2025

The saints lived lives marked by the promise of liberation that Jesus brings forth through his life, death, and resurrection.

open hand ready to receive with a sunset in the background

What Is Yours to Do?

Pat McCloskey, OFM July 26, 2025

Humility is the guardian and the ornament of all virtues. If the spiritual building does not rest upon it, it will fall to ruin, though it seems to be growing.

St. Francis Laid the Path

Richard Rohr, OFM July 25, 2025

Imagine how different Western history and religion could have been if we had walked so tenderly and lovingly upon the earth, as Francis and Jesus did.

Thousands of young Poles make their way through the streets of Czestochowa, Poland, July 19, 2025, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine. This year's annual pilgrimage and camp marked the 25th anniversary of the Foundation "Dzielo Nowego Tysiaclecia" (Work of the New Millennium), a vibrant "living memorial" to St. John Paul II, supporting talented youth from underprivileged backgrounds. (OSV News photo/courtesy Sara Janikowska, Work of the New Millennium)

Poland’s memorial to St. John Paul II marks 25 years of transforming lives

OSV News July 25, 2025

Thousands of young Poles made their way through the streets of Częstochowa July 19, singing and praying as they approached the Jasna Góra Marian shrine.