After his death, Rita finally got to join the convent. But, her suffering didn’t end there.

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.

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

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 ...

producing saints including St. Clare of Montefalco and St. Rita of Cascia. Male Augustinian saints include St. John of Sahagún, an early Augustinian from Spain, and St. Nicholas of Tolentine, who was ...

WE HAVE EXTENSIVE COVERAGE OF POPE LEO THE 14TH AND HIS HISTORIC 'For many years, he used to come and go,' the Rev. Thomas Vathappallil of St. Rita's in Racine County said about Pope Leo Friday.

Never discount a little bit of hometown advantage. Seniors at St. Rita High School on Chicago's Southwest Side were given a pretty straightforward assignment this week: choose a potential pope and ...

and was a teacher at St. Rita of Cascia High School. Portillo's, meanwhile, was founded by Dick Portillo on April 9, 1963 in Villa Park, Ill., a suburb of the Chicago metropolitan area.

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 ...

(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 ...