I stood watch over my mother. It was the third night since she had been removed from life support, and various family members were taking turns at her bedside. This was my night to keep vigil. More »

Our Lady, who is always praying for sinners, asks us to pray for their conversion too. Since my childhood I’ve been very dedicated to Our Lady of Fatima. Her message to little Lucia, Francesco, and Jacinta has left its imprint on my life. More »

May 10 is the feast of St. Damien of Molokai, the Belgian missionary who volunteered to serve the people who had been banished to a government-sanctioned leper colony on the Hawaiian island of Mokokai. More »

One summer our family vacationed in Maine. With a “Mainer” family we drove up to Acadia National Park, looking forward to beautiful scenery and incredible vistas of the Atlantic Ocean. More »

Brothers and sisters, let us join with the Holy Father and Christians around the world in praying for these special needs: More »

In the cool darkness of a Moscow night I stood, my face bathed in the warm light of a long, thin candle in my hand. I glanced around me at the many people, young and old, in the courtyard of a Russian Orthodox Church; all waiting and watching in silent expectation of the mystery of Christ’s redemption. More »

Two months into her fourth pregnancy, Gianna Beretta Molla was diagnosed with a large uterine tumor. Doctors informed the thirty-eight-year-old woman that her best chance for recovery was to have surgery that would remove the tumor but also cause the death of her unborn child, either deliberately or as an unintended consequence. More »

The government official baptized by Philip in Acts 8: 38 returned home to Ethiopia. And then what? Did he spread the gospel? More »