Veteran religion reporter Kenneth A. Briggs, author of "The Invisible Bestseller: Searching for the Bible in America," is pictured on Wednesday, Aug. 31, 2016, in Chicago.

Veteran religion reporter looks for the Bible in public life

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CHICAGO – Kenneth A. Briggs has been on the “Godbeat” for years, as a religion reporter for Newsday, as religion editor at The New York Times and now as a contributor to the National Catholic Reporter.

Tourists take pictures of a lotus flower in Hamyang, South Korea, Aug. 29. Pope Francis said religions can play an important role in protecting the environment and defending human rights in their countries, their communities and their schools.

Religions must take lead in protecting creation, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Religions can play an important role in protecting the environment and defending human rights in their countries, their communities and their schools, Pope Francis said.

A group of U.S. airmen praying together in Baghdad, Iraq, November 2008. Pope Francis said peace starts in the heart and not at international conferences.

Peace in the heart leads to peace in the world, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – Peace cannot be achieved by huge protests or international conferences unless it begins in people's hearts, Pope Francis said.

Pope Francis greets Abbot Primate Notker Wolf, superior of the Benedictine order, during a meeting with the heads of Benedictine monasteries from around the world at the Vatican Sept. 8. The Benedictines are meeting in Rome Sept. 3-16 to elect a new abbot primate.

Benedictines keep spiritual oases alive in hectic world, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – The world's Benedictines offer precious gifts by providing quality education, quiet refuge in a hectic world and loving hospitality to anyone in need, Pope Francis said.

The National Museum of African American History and Culture is set to open Sept. 24, 2016, in Washington.

New Smithsonian museum features stories of African-American faith

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WASHINGTON – Long before the grand opening neared for the Smithsonian’s new museum devoted to African-American history, Amirah Muhammad had a difficult decision to make.

Pope Francis kisses a prayer card presented by a Missionaries of Charity nun at the conclusion of the canonization Mass of St. Teresa of Kolkata in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 4.

St. Teresa of Calcutta will always be 'Mother' Teresa, Pope says

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VATICAN CITY – With a large tapestry bearing the portrait of the woman known as the "Saint of the Gutters" suspended above him, Pope Francis proclaimed the sainthood of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, hailing her courage and love for the poor.

Missionaries of Charity nuns present a relic of St. Teresa of Kolkata as Pope Francis celebrates the canonization Mass of Mother Teresa in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Sept. 4.

St. Teresa reliquary reflects her life, her works, priest says

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VATICAN CITY – At every canonization ceremony, people connected to the new saint carry to the altar a relic – often a bone shard from the new saint's body. The relic presented at the Mass for St. Teresa of Calcutta was a few drops of her blood.

Blessed Teresa of Kolkata smiles during the opening of a Missionaries of Charity convent in Detroit in 1979.

In moment of doubt, Mother Teresa saved my vocation, says priest

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VATICAN CITY – An Indian priest now working in the United States credits Blessed Teresa of Calcutta with saving his vocation.

Blessed Teresa of Kolkata, India, presents documents for a new house to a villager in 1994 in Mumbai, formerly Bombay. Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis Sept. 4 at the Vatican.

To Mother Teresa, love, caring trumped all

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CALCUTTA, India – A favourite motto of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta was: “Do small things with great love.”

Missionaries of Charity Father Francisco Akihiro from Japan is pictured outside an exhibit on Blessed Teresa of Kolkata in Rome Sept. 2. A personal encounter with Mother Teresa led Father Akihiro to become Catholic and eventually a priest. He was born into a Buddhist family and said he didn't know the name of Jesus.

Mother Teresa showed young Buddhist who Jesus is

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VATICAN CITY – A personal encounter with Mother Teresa and her work serving the poor and the dying led a young Japanese man on a journey of faith and conversion.

Marcilio Haddad Andrino, whose cure from brain abscesses was accepted as the second miracle for the sainthood cause of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, speaks during a Sept. 2 press conference concerning her canonization at the Vatican. Mother Teresa will be canonized by Pope Francis Sept. 4.

Miracle is sign of mercy, says Brazilian who prayed to Mother Teresa

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VATICAN CITY – The inexplicable recovery from a severe brain infection – attributed to the intercession of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta – is a sign that God's mercy is for everyone, said the Brazilian man who was healed.

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