As we face hardships because of the COVID-19 pandemic, the faithful can look at the witness of St. Maria Gortetti, whose feast the Church celebrates on July 6. St. Maria died at the age of ...
The Servant of God Bartolomé de Las Casas was once a priest who owned slaves. While writing a homily for Pentecost, he was influenced by a verse from Sirach. He became thoroughly convinced of the ...
Dr. Jose Gregorio Hernandez was known for treating hundreds of poor patients for free, and he spent the last years of his life helping Venezuelans fight illness during the 1918 Spanish flu pandemic. The ...
Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old Italian teenager who used his computer programming skills to spread devotion to the Eucharist, will be beatified in October, the Diocese of Assisi announced. Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the ...
Five years ago, Dan and Michelle Schachle of Dickson, Tennessee, prayed to Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, to intercede with God to save their son, still in his mother's womb, who ...
As our country reels in pain and fear, the Church should make a concerted and coordinated effort to bring greater attention to the witness and holiness of those African-Americans with open canonization causes. In them, ...
Pope Francis advanced the sainthood causes of two women and 11 men, including a miracle attributed to Blessed Charles de Foucauld. In a meeting May 27 with Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation ...
Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to the intercession of Father Michael McGivney, founder of the Knights of Columbus, clearing the way for his beatification. While the Vatican announced May 27 that Pope Francis ...
D.D. Emmons explores the life of St. Anthony and how this Bible scholar and teacher’s life reflected the mission of the Church to worship God, evangelize and care for the poor. Known as a great ...
A reader asks why Saint John Capistrano is a saint if he is known for preaching “against the Jews” and inciting anti-Semitic violence. Monsignor Charles Pope explains that when we look back at history, every ...
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