Clarence Jordan believed the most vital need for reconciliation in the South was between blacks and whites. At that time, such talk was considered dangerously radical.

On September 21, 1990, Rosario Livatino, the magistrate for the court of Agrigento in Sicily, was driving to his office unescorted when a car drove him off the road.

Caryll Houselander, an English laywoman, had a definite sense of her vocation: to awaken others to the presence of Christ in the world.

In his life and in his relationship with the world, Francis represented the breakthrough of a new model of human and cosmic community.

Monika Hellwig taught at Georgetown University for thirty years, becoming one of the most influential theologians in America.

She was determined at all times to balance the life of action and contemplation— the paths of both Martha and Mary.

Along the road to freedom in South Africa, many did not live to see the day of victory. Steve Biko is among the most honored martyrs of the struggle.

In entering the world of the poor, Ozanam learned to see reality and the Gospel from their perspective.

What Marion Moses planned as a weekend as a medical volunteer turned into five years and changed her life forever.

Though her family disapproved of her activities, a friendly priest, St. Andrew Fournet, encouraged her vocation. “Your work is in the world,” he assured her.