SAINTS & ART: The Church honors the Immaculate Heart as a vessel of deep spiritual insight into the life of Christ.

Pope Leo XIV ordains a priest in St. Peter’s Basilica on the solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, Friday, June 27, 2025. | Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA ...

St. Margaret Mary Alacoque is perhaps the saint most associated with the Sacred Heart of Jesus because of a series of apparitions of Christ in Paray-le-Monial, France.

This Sunday, we see that in the flesh. Mary is fulfilling the first half of that: loving her Lord with all her heart. And ...

The Gospel this Sunday gives us a clue. To understand the story of Martha and Mary, it helps to put it in context. Last weekend, St. Luke gave us the parable of the Good Samaritan and a lesson in ...

The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops (CCCB) has issued a two-page Note on Prayer for the Jubilee of Hope. The note, written by the bishops’ Commission for Doctrine, outlines characteristics and ...

Archbishop Bernard Hebda has invited every Catholic in the archdiocese to become an “Archdiocesan Jubilee Pilgrim” by visiting seven or more parishes through Oct. 12, such as the Cathedral of St. Paul ...

Saint Markella of Chios, commemorated every year on July 22, remains an enduring beacon of purity, courage, and steadfast ...

My trip around the world included some time in the footsteps of St. Francis Xavier, and a poignant moment at his tomb in Goa.

Trauma-informed spirituality knows better than to promise that prayer will take away all the pain. But it can offer the hope ...

In Plain Sight, an up to the minute exploration of Ireland’s Mother and Baby Homes, will be performed on site in the former Sacred Heart Convent and School in Roscrea which sits high on the hill ...

This annual, locally organised, three day pilgrimage to Lough Derg, with happen, this weekend, June 28th to 30th, inclusive. Bus pick up locations will be Drogheda, Monasterboice, Ardee and Monaghan.