Through prayer, peace and sacrifice, the “saint of the impossible” shows how suffering can become union with Christ.

The feast of St. Rita of Cascia, celebrated May 22, reminds us of the healing power of prayer, penance and forgiveness — and her spiritual kinship with Pope Leo XIV, the Church’s new Augustinian pope.

When the news broke that Prevost was elected, she went straight from her home in Bridgeport to St. Rita of Cascia High School at 7740 S. Western Ave. in Ashburn to be with her 17-year-old son ...

When the news broke that Prevost was elected, she went straight from her home in Bridgeport to St. Rita of Cascia High School at 7740 S. Western Ave. in Ashburn to be with her 17-year-old son ...

It’s just remarkable to see someone I know as the pope,” said the Rev. Joe Roccasalva, an Augustinian priest who grew up in ...

Excitement was felt at St. Rita of Cascia High School, where Pope Leo once served as a substitute teacher for physics and math. Vladimir Putin Sends Message to Leo XIV, First American Pope Popular ...

and I'm like, 'I know!'" Skokal said. Skokal said her father Ed Schmit came to know Father Bob through St. Rita of Cascia. She said their friendship goes back more than two decades. Her dad passed ...

When Pope Leo passed by in the popemobile, like most of the Augustinians around him, the Rev. Homero Sanchez, pastor of Chicago’s St. Rita of Cascia parish, stood and cheered. But then he sat ...

(St. Rita High School) When administrators at St. Rita of Cascia High School, an Augustinian-run school on the South Side, announced the news of the appointment over the intercom, the school ...

“He has suffered hunger as well. He knows what starvation is about.” The Rev. Homero Sanchez, of St. Rita of Cascia in Chicago, outside the Augustinian General Curia next to St. Peter's ...

The two knew each other through their work at St. Rita of Cascia on the South Side. The team says the artwork commemorates the pope’s Chicago roots “and the unifying power of baseball on the ...

Holy Name Associate Pastor, Father Andy Matijevic, shared a special moment with Prevost nine years ago, when he visited Chicago, emceeing a Mass with the now pope at St. Rita of Cascia.