In-depth case studies of the people behind the scenes of the Church in Rome.
A successful executive retires...and then finds new purpose By Robert Moynihan Cincinnati’s Corryville Catholic School was founded by the Sisters of Notre Dame of Namur in 1877. “The downfall of society stems from a disregard for children. Many parents seek the preservation of their estates, but not the preservation of the souls of those [...]
Every day, he says, a curtain opens on each of the thousands of characters that inhabit St. Peter's Text by Christina Deardurff - Photos by Grzegorz Galazka Although St. Peter’s Basilica is the church most closely associated with the Pope (in his office as Pope, as well as geographically — he lives in its shadow), it [...]
Fr. Titus Brandsma, outspoken critic of Nazism, was killed by a lethal injection—and he converted the nurse who administered it By Andrew Rabel Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite, journalist and manager of the Catholic press at the time of the Nazi occupation, canonized at St. Peter's during the ceremony on May 15, presided over by [...]
Pope Francis has announced that Blessed Mother Teresa, along with three others, will be canonized later in the year, after miracles were recognized for each of them. Mother Teresa was, in her own lifetime, and still remains, one of the most famous people in the world. But who was she, really? And how did she come [...]
Dr. Gordon Neufeld. How can families remain strong and loving? How can parents and children have healthy, loving relationships? These are some of the great questions of our time, a time in which the traditional family is under attack from many sides. And there seems little doubt that the harm caused by the breakdown [...]
Zelja Markic. On December 1, Croatia took a stand against the growing worldwide tide in favor of the legal recognition of homosexual marriage. One of the leaders against such recognition was Zelja Markic, head of the citizens’ group “In the Name of the Family,” which helped organize voters against the initiative. For her role in recognizing [...]
Padre Pepe. He is “one of the men whom I respect the most and to whom I listen attentively, and not just because he is a priest,” Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio (now Pope Francis) said in 2010. “He is a man of God who does my soul and my spiritual life much good.” The man [...]
Patriarch Gregory is pastor of the Greek-Catholic community in Syria, where violence against Christians has been escalating. The patriarch, with more than 150,000 faithful, is an advocate for the diminishing and endangered Christian communities in the Near and Middle East. He promotes reconciliation as the anchor of salvation for Syria and for the future of Christians [...]
Archbishop Konrad Krajewski, Vatican Almoner, in his office. Vatican Almoner Monsignor Konrad Krajewski, the hands-on extension of Pope Francis’ personal charity. Monsignor Piero Marini, Pontifical Master of Ceremonies, called Monsignor Konrad Krajewski to work in the Vatican in 1998. They had met long before, in June 1987: during John Paul II’s third journey to [...]
