Editor’s Note: This post was updated on Sept. 25, 2025, to reflect feast-day airings. St. Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the greatest and most loved saints in the Catholic Church. She is, in fact, a ...

Editor’s Note: This is the final installment of this series. Read Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4. On Oct. 15, Pope Francis released an apostolic exhortation on St. Thérèse of Lisieux. This year ...

Individuals become Christian because they have been touched by Christ's love, not because they have been convinced or coerced by someone else, Pope Francis said. The Catholic Church needs missionary ...

If God is all-powerful and he loves us, why does he not respond immediately to all our prayers? Here is the thing about unanswered prayers. Many have been granted before we make them because God has ...

On board the plane taking him to Mongolia, Pope Francis announced Aug. 31 that he is preparing an apostolic letter on St. Thérèse of Lisieux to be published Oct. 15. The pontiff made his statement ...

ROYAL OAK, Mich. (AP) — The sacred bones of a much-loved French Carmelite nun began a tour of the U.S. on Wednesday at a suburban Detroit parish named in her honor. Humanoid robots take center stage ...