Archive for May 29, 2023

Francisco Cornejo of Storybook is awarded the grand prize at “Catholic Shark Tank.”?w=200&h=150

By Lauretta Brown

Catholic ‘Shark Tank’: Startup founders pitch products with a purpose at SENT competition

Entrepreneurs with businesses grounded in their Catholic faith participated last month in a competition for a $5,000 cash prize. Read more

Father Emil Kapaun celebrating Mass using the hood of a jeep as his altar, Oct. 7, 1950. Public domain.?w=200&h=150

By Francesca Pollio Fenton

Post office in Kansas receives new name in honor of Father Emil J. Kapaun

A bill introduced by Rep. Tracey Mann of Kansas will recognize the Medal of Honor recipient whose cause for canonization... Read more

Pope Francis during his general audience in Paul VI Hall on January 26, 2022.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

Vatican releases pastoral reflection on Christian engagement with social media

Topics covered include information overload, constant scrolling, not giving others one’s full attention, being an “influencer,” and more. Read more

When Pope Pius IX declared the doctrine of the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary on Dec. 8, 1854, he had a golden crown added to the mosaic of Mary, Virgin Immaculate, in the Chapel of the Choir in St. Peter's Basilica.?w=200&h=150

By Courtney Mares

PHOTOS: Discover 8 beautiful images of the Virgin Mary in St. Peter’s Basilica

From Michelangelo’s Pieta to a 12th-century painting, St. Peter’s Basilica contains priceless sacred art depicting the Blessed Virgin Mary. Read more

Religious sisters of the Benedictines of Mary, Queen of Apostles, sing as the process with the body of their late foundress, Sister Wilhelmina Lancaster, on May 29, 2023, at their abbey near Gower, Missouri. The sisters exhumed the nun's body on May 18 and discovered that it was apparently intact, four years after her death and burial in a simple wooden coffin.?w=200&h=150

By Joe Bukuras

Sister Wilhelmina’s body placed in glass case after solemn rosary procession

Thousands of pilgrims visited the Abbey of Our Lady of Ephesus outside Gower, Missouri, over the three-day Memorial Day weekend. Read more