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A film presenting the life of St. Teresa of Calcutta, commonly referred to as Mother Teresa, will be premiering in theaters on October 3 and 4.  “Mother Teresa: No Greater Love” was produced by the Knights of Columbus and displays the impact the saint and her Missionaries of Charity have had on the world. Director David Naglieri joins us.

President Vladimir Putin will sign documents on Friday proclaiming Russia's annexation of four Ukrainian regions, as Moscow rushes to lock in territorial claims that the Ukrainian army is threatening to reverse on the battlefield. We get the latest from Dakota Wood.

In this Sunday’s Gospel we hear from Luke: The Apostles ask Jesus to teach them to pray, and in response he tells them that if they had faith the size of a mustard seed, they could command a mulberry tree to move and it would obey. We open up Scriptures and Catechism with Peggy Stanton to dive into this passage.

Tomorrow we will celebrate the Feast of the Archangels. The angels are mentioned throughout Scripture and reported on by the saints. Average people have stories to tell that suggest or swear that an angel must have been involved. We celebrate them with Michael O’Neill.

A report by the USCCB says that the early stages of the Synod on Synodality has demonstrated the “joys, hopes and wounds” shared by the Church in the US. We look more at this Synthesis Document with Kelsey Wicks.

Venerable Cardinal Francis-Xavier Nguyen Van Thuan was archbishop of Saigon until he was imprisoned by Communist forces in 1975. His deep devotion to the Eucharist sustained him during his time in prison and he is truly one of the great Eucharistic witnesses of the age. Fr. Roger Landry knew him and shares his life with us.

The Diocese of Matagalpa has asked the faithful to continue praying for its bishop, Rolando Álvarez, and the priests and seminarians who were arrested and abducted in the middle of the night by President Daniel Ortega’s police force. Ed Clancy has the latest on what is happening there.

A nonprofit legal organization specializing in religious liberty cases has conducted a study comparing U.S. states on the basis of how free its residents are to practice their faith. We talk with Andrea Picciotti-Bayer about how their findings.

In the tenth chapter of Luke’s Gospel, Christ commands his apostles to “heal the sick and say to them, ‘the kingdom of God has come near to you.’” They were supposed to heal the sick even before they preached the Gospel. On this feast of Cosmas and Damien, Mike Aquilina takes a look at this healing imperative and how it ushered in the world of modern medicine.

In John 12, Jesus meets some Greeks who said they wanted to see him. In response, Jesus predicted his death and that the Father’s name would be glorified. What does it mean to say that Jesus shows us the way to the Father? Al discusses.