For 25 years the production has toured the US, presenting Christ’s life to 1 million attendees, but now it can reach more in theaters.

The Thorn: Cirque du Soleil meets The Passion, in theaters for Lent

The 2023 gathering shifted focus to state laws, empowering women, and continued outreach on the federal level.

When he is interviewed about his 13 years of experience as a head coach at the highest level of football, Coach Dungy often makes it clear that his faith in Christ has been the primary driving factor of both his life off and on the field.

COMMENTARY: The corpus of Benedict’s general audiences stand as a witness to his catechetical mastery.

Bill Whitaker interviews Sr. Bernadette Moriau, who recalls how it felt when she experienced what has been recognized as a genuine miracle.

’60 Minutes’ examines medically unexplainable miracles of Lourdes

Discussing the lessons provided by her case, the veteran educator advises parents to pay close attention to books and assignments given to students.

BRIGHT, Ind. (CNS) — As dusk turned into darkness Nov. 25, the day after Thanksgiving, colorful Christmas lights began illuminating 19 acres on the campus of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross Parish in Bright.

The 100,000-plus lights weren’t there just to light up the night sky. The purpose of the “Bright Lights” display is to let the light of Christ shine in the souls of the people who view it.

“So many people follow secular Christmas, and Christmas lights are secular Christmas,” Father Jonathan Meyer told The Criterion, the newspaper of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis.

“People who don’t believe in Jesus will spend thousands of dollars decorating their yards with lights.

When a mentally troubled man disappears, his wife and son’s search leads to the establishment of a charity for the homeless.

Powerful lessons from new film: ‘5000 Blankets’

LOS ANGELES (CNS) — Our Lady of Guadalupe “always leads us to Jesus, who will show us the way to find peace,” Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles said Dec. 4.

“Jesus will show us the way to the true happiness and love in our lives,” he told thousands of the faithful gathered for an annual outdoor Mass at East Los Angeles College’s Weingart Stadium.

“True conversion is to change the way in which we live,” Archbishop Gomez said in Spanish during his bilingual homily. “Let’s ask our Mother Mary to help us discover what are those small things we need to change in our lives.”

What started as a crowdfunding campaign is now an organization that has changed lives in over 55 countries.

The toy designer who makes prostheses for amputees with a 3D printer

The first video of the series features Denis McNamara, executive director of the Center for Beauty & Culture and a professor at Benedictine College.

In these four days between the feasts of the Immaculate Conception and Our Lady of Guadalupe (Dec. 8-12), we honor Mary as a prophetic warrior who gave us her Son to crush the murderous serpent

Catholic school student aims to be a “Bright Light” in his community

A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn… ― Pope St. John Paul II With just days to go before the American mid-term elections, President Joe Biden, who continues to claim to be a “devout” Catholic, is leaving no…

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An analysis of the test scores of elementary school students in the US shows Catholic school students may have fared best.

Catholic schools’ test scores declined least during the pandemic

U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has been outspoken that China’s actions against the Uyghurs and other minorities in China’s northwest region of Xinjiang constitute genocide, an assertion that has drawn condemnation and sanctions from China.

“Root, root, root for the Phillies, if they don’t win it’s a shame!” Sister John Magdalen led the 3rd-grade class in the rousing song.

“God is a Phillies fan”: A Philadelphia Catholic School roots for its home team

When a Florida mom lost her wedding ring just before Hurricane Ian, she never thought she would see it again. God knew better.

Woman thanks God when lost wedding ring is found after hurricane

The sisters coordinate the gift of wedding dresses for future wives who cannot afford one at full price.

This Italian monastery has provided wedding dresses to women in need for decades

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Spiritual arrogance” — thinking one is holier or better than others — is a temptation everyone faces and is a form of self-worship, Pope Francis said.

“Where there is too much ‘I,’ there is too little God,” the pope told an estimated 35,000 people gathered in St. Peter’s Square Oct. 23 for the recitation of the Angelus prayer.

Commenting on the Gospel parable about the Pharisee and the tax collector, the pope said the lesson Jesus was trying to teach was that to approach God, people must look inside themselves and be aware of their own needs and failings.

For hours, in the midst of the rubble and toxic fumes, the parish priest took care of the dying and the wounded.

This priest was warned by angels to leave his church before it was destroyed in an explosion