“It������Ƶapp a daunting thing, but it������Ƶapp a wonderful opportunity too,” Cardinal Michael Czerny told The Catholic Register as he prepared for a whirlwind Oct. 4-6 weekend: ordained a bishop on Friday, elevated to the College of Cardinals on Saturday and engaged as a special secretary to the Synod on the Amazon on Sunday.

EDMONTON -- It has been 20 years since the seeds of sisterhood were first planted in Emily Schietzsch.

When Heidi Lee speaks, the young women at Sancta Maria House listen.

MONTREAL -- When newly ordained Fr. Robert Assaly refers to seeking help from “Mother,” the term is just as likely to refer to his wife Nancy as it is to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Kathy Irvin admits she takes her role in music ministry seriously.

Sr. Mary Margaret Hope of the Morning Star spent years studying the heavens, but what she learned has taken her down a very different path in life than the one she was on.

At age 73, Graydon Nicholas has lived a life of firsts.

QUITO, Ecuador -- One of the challenges for bishops at the Amazon synod will be finding ways to meet the spiritual needs of the region������Ƶapp people.

BOA VISTA, Brazil -- Driving up the BR401, it������Ƶapp hard not to be startled by the sight of a giant soy farm stretching out on both sides of the highway — the empty land is parched and denuded in mid-summer, after the crop is in. 

MANAUS, Brazil -- As a ����ç����ܱ� or chief of the Apurinã people, Xytara Apurinã has a pretty clear-eyed view of her people������Ƶapp position in the Amazonian metropolis of Manaus.