Today is the feast day of St. Charles de Foucauld, who was canonized by Pope Francis on May 15. Who was Charles de Foucauld? De Foucauld, also known as Brother Charles of Jesus, was a soldier, ...

A canonization Mass is a global event, drawing thousands of people to the Vatican — the heart of the Catholic Church — to celebrate the Pope’s declaration that a holy man or woman is a saint in heaven ...

Late on Nov. 30, 2016, François Asselin got a call from his construction manager. “Listen, François, there has been an accident,” he heard on the other end of the line. One of the entrepreneur’s ...

Titus Brandsma and Charles de Foucauld both joined the communion of saints yesterday, though their journeys to canonization were just as different as their lives. A general view shows Pope Francis ...