When this dad first laid eyes on his daughter's fancy first Communion shoes, he found himself reflecting on the shoes worn by saints throughout the ages — and what they might teach us about following the path of Jesus.
From Where I Stand: We have lost a taste for solid gold leadership and accepted the gold-plated lookalike. We have bought into the emptiness of soul that takes a nation into the clutches of political subservience.
Commentary: Whether it's conservative Catholics looking to Mother Teresa and John Paul II, or progressive Catholics invoking Dorothy Day, by finding saintly examples, they fight for their view of a just world.
Distinctly Catholic: The postponement of Archbishop Fulton Sheen's beatification raises deeper issues about whom and how we as a church canonize. It's time to look at the criteria for sainthood.
Young Voices: Then again, who really makes a saint? After my very small role in the canonization process, the best answer I have is that, responding to the grace of God, we can make ourselves into saints.
Like stained glass windows, the saints allow the light of God to permeate the darkness of sin in the world, Pope Francis said on the feast of All Saints.
Reflecting "the uncertainty of this world," St. Jude Thaddeus is a fixture in altars honoring the disappeared, while Santa Muerte has taken root in communities ravaged by violent crime.
