St. Teresa of Calcutta

Texas judge temporarily blocks attempt to shut down Annunciation House

By Aleja Hertzler-McCain — March 12, 2024
(RNS) — Ken Paxton attempted to ‘run roughshod over Annunciation House, without regard to due process or fair play,’ Francisco Dominguez, a state court judge, wrote in Monday’s ruling. 

Mother Teresa: The first great saint of the television era

By Jon M. Sweeney — September 7, 2022
(RNS) — Her story is so well known that we don’t really know her.

At USCCB meeting, American bishops ignore real problems while debating minutiae

By Thomas Reese — November 18, 2021
(RNS) — The church and the world are on fire, but you would not know it watching the bishops’ meeting.

Pope Francis on the Beatitudes

By Thomas Reese — May 17, 2018
(RNS) — In his recent 'Gaudete et Exsultate,' Pope Francis teaches that living the Beatitudes means 'going against the flow' in a world that pushes us in the opposite direction from holiness.

First cathedral for Mother Teresa is consecrated in Kosovo

By Lauren Markoe — September 5, 2017
PRISTINA, Kosovo (RNS) — The consecration Tuesday (Sept. 5), which falls on the one-year anniversary of her canonization in Rome, was long-awaited by the small but active Catholic community in Kosovo.

Who becomes a saint in the Catholic Church, and is that changing?

By Mathew Schmalz — July 31, 2017
(The Conversation) The pope’s decision to create a new category for beatification raises the question: Is the Catholic understanding of sainthood changing?
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