Flannery O’Connor was not an evangelist. She was an artist, one of the most gifted American fiction writers of the 20th century. But a profoundly Catholic theological vision informs her art, giving her stories resonance and depth that sound deep — and sometimes deeply disturbing — spiritual chords.

Dr. Emily Wilding spent her career as an anatomic pathologist diagnosing disease through the close study of the body’s tissues. Through prayer and eucharistic devotion, she discerned a different calling – and left medicine for religious life as Sister Imelda Joy.

A Ukrainian nun serving in a city on the front lines met with Pope Leo XIV during a private audience with members of a papal society, handing him images of two Ukrainian soldiers in captivity and pleading with him to “end the war.”

When he releases his highly anticipated first encyclical “Magnifica Humanitas” May 25, Pope Leo XIV will be present at the press conference — something atypical for such announcements, which are usually handled by senior Vatican officials.

Sometimes you feel like you’re faced with a problem with no apparent solution. That’s when we can turn to St. Rita.