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A Vatican flag is seen near the inscription of Franciscan Father Mychal Judge's name at the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City Sept. 8, 2025. Father Judge, a chaplain with the New York Fire Department, was killed while ministering at the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The 24th anniversary of the attacks will be observed in 2025.
25th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks — Reflecting on a day that changed everything, Part 1
CLICK HERE to read the second part of this story. SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. CLICK HERE to see a gallery of photos from the Peace Garden at the former Our Lady of Peace … more
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A Vatican flag is seen near the inscription of Franciscan Father Mychal Judge's name at the South Pool of the 9/11 Memorial in New York City Sept. 8, 2025. Father Judge, a chaplain with the New York Fire Department, was killed while ministering at the World Trade Center during the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. The 24th anniversary of the attacks will be observed in 2025.
25th anniversary of the 2001 terror attacks — Reflecting on a day that changed everything, Part 2
CLICK HERE to return to the first part of this story. SCROLL THE ARROWS to see more photos. This retrospective is a combination of new and previous reporting from The Catholic Missourian. … more
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Julia Greeley Angel of Mercy Icon Painting by Imbruglia.
Two apostles of the Sacred Heart brought close together in Denver
St. Margaret Mary Alacoque’s relics drew pilgrims from across Northern Colorado for prayer, veneration and a historic meeting with Denver’s own apostle of the Sacred Heart and a servant of God, … more
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The announcement for the establishment of The Shrine of Father Augustine Tolton takes place outside April 29 St. Boniface Church in Quincy, Illinois.
Plans for The Shrine for Father Augustine Tolton announced at historical St. Boniface Church in Quincy, Illinois
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois has announced plans to establish The Shrine for Father Augustine Tolton ( toltonshrine.org ) at the historical St. Boniface Church in Quincy, marking a … more
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Pope Leo XIV delivers a homily during the Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, March 29, 2026.
Bishop O’Donnell invites all to join in prayer for peace, for the Holy Father and for world leaders
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, I am saddened by President Trump’s recent comments regarding Pope Leo XIV’s statements calling for peace and for an end to the war in Iran. It is … more
Venerable Father Augustus Tolton (1854-97) is pictured in an undated photo. Born into a family of enslaved people in Missouri, he was ordained a priest on April 24, 1886. He is the first recognized Black priest in the U.S. ordained for the Catholic Church and is a candidate for sainthood. (OSV News photo/courtesy of Archdiocese of Chicago Archives and Records Center) — Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, archbishop emeritus of Washington, D.C., grew up and later ministered near where Fr. Tolton had ministered in Chicago. (CNS photo/Robert Duncan)
A human link between the nation’s First Black priest and its first Black cardinal
A young woman attended the Solemn Requiem Mass for the Roman Catholic Church’s first recognizably Black priest in the United States. Nearly 90 years later, she introduced herself to the man … more
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John O’Leary, who overcame almost impossible odds to survive burns over 100 percent of his body when he was 9, addresses Catholic school educators of the Jefferson City diocese at this year’s Teachers Institute on Sept. 26, 2011, in the Cathedral of St. Joseph.
ENCORE: Burn survivor to Catholic educators: ‘You can make a huge difference!’
CLICK HERE to read a related story about “Soul on Fire” in the St. Louis Review. This article was originally published in the Oct. 7, 2011, issue of The Catholic Missourian. John … more
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Representatives of the Tolton Ambassador Corps, including three from the Jefferson City diocese, gather with retired Auxiliary Bishop Joseph N. Perry of Chicago, co-postulator for the sainthood cause of Missouri native Venerable Father Augustus Tolton, in the Basilica of the Sacred Heart at the University of Notre Dame during the group’s July 7-9 national convocation.
Three from diocese attend Fr. Tolton Ambassadors gathering at the University of Notre Dame
Sweet strains of “Holy God, We Praise Thy Name” parted like the Red Sea in historical St. Augustine Church in South Bend, Indiana. Father Tolton’s Ambassadors were in … more
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El cardenal Robert Francis Prevost, quien ha elegido el nombre papal de León XIV, aparece en el balcón central de la Basílica de San Pedro en el Vaticano el 8 de mayo de 2025, tras su elección durante el cónclave. Es el primer Papa proveniente de EE.UU. de la historia. (Foto OSV News/Guglielmo Mangiapane, Reuters)
Pope Leo XIV chosen to lead the Church
The 267th pope, the first from the United States, projected humble clarity from the moment he stepped out onto the balcony above the throngs in St. Peter’s Square. His first words, were … more
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Father Mike Schmitz, a priest of the Diocese of Duluth, Minn., and host of the Bible in a Year podcast, speaks during the July 18, 2024, second revival night of the National Eucharistic Congress at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.
‘Bible in a Year’ host shares how all can join in the conclave’s ‘sacred moment’
As the cardinals prepared to enter into the Sistine Chapel to vote on the next supreme pontiff May 7, faithful across the world were watching in anticipation. Host of the “Bible in a … more
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Father Emil Joseph Kapaun, a U.S. Army chaplain, is pictured celebrating Mass from the hood of a jeep Oct. 7, 1950, in South Korea. While he continued treatment at Rome’s Gemelli hospital, Pope Francis issued a series of decrees regarding several sainthood causes Feb. 24, 2025, including for Fr. Kapaun, a U.S. Army military chaplain who died in a prisoner of war camp in North Korea in 1951. The pope recognized his sacrifice as an “offering of life,” a category distinct from martyrdom that the pope established in 2017.
Fr. Kapaun, native of Abp.-designate McKnight’s home diocese, declared Venerable
The crucifix in Kapaun Mt. Carmel School in Wichita, Kansas, was carved in honor of a chaplain who helped shepherd many prisoners of war through their own Way of the Cross. That chaplain was … more
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