The councils get their name from the Greek word oikoumene, meaning “the whole inhabited world.”

A Man on Purpose: 10 Rules of Life from a Faithful Father

In the month of May the Church celebrates a remarkable French sister who dedicated herself to Christ by serving him in the poor.

The U.S. Bishops announced plans to consecrate the nation to the Sacred Heart of Jesus in June 2026.

Try these short prayers!

Gossip can be one of those sins in our life that is there but we rarely even notice it until we see its immediate effects.

In the raw wilderness of the Door Peninsula, the air felt thin. She was a stranger in a land that wanted her labor but didn’t want her story.

While his own tradition focused on the mind, the Catholic Mass lays claim to the whole person.

Including the passion, death, resurrection and ascension of Christ, the Paschal Mystery encompasses all that Christ did to redeem us.

The Key to Praying Always

We cannot grow into mature disciples of Jesus Christ if we always play it safe, stay on the sidelines and don’t learn from success or defeat.”

Having reminders around us that have been consecrated to the Lord assists us and reminds us that we, too, have been consecrated to God.

Chile’s first saint

Read about how hundreds of people in the diocese took the next steps toward coming into full communion with the Catholic Church.

Many people call themselves Catholic, but today there are many different understandings of what that means.

There is a difference between “regret” and “repentance.” It is good to have both, but we need at least one of these.

Inside the mission chapel of San Pedro de Mocama, on what we now call Cumberland Island, the air was a thick, holy mystery.

Turibius Alfonso was serving as a Grand Inquisitor in Spain when King Philip II commanded that he become as a missionary archbishop.

The final theme of Catholic Social Teaching that we will examine in this series is care for creation.

Insights from the Stations

St. Gregory of Narek was a mystical and lyrical poet, monk and theologian.

Neatly nestled into the heart of Catholic Schools Week are the feasts of two giants of Catholic education.

Read about how God’s Word becomes real for others through our life of Faith. The Faith is passed on in lived witness.

Patroness of Hawaii

St. John Paul II described the common good as both the good of the whole of humanity and each individual.