She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century A.D. But now, a pandemic is shedding light on her: St. ...
The Vatican doctrinal office announced the optional use of seven eucharistic prefaces as well as the celebration of the feast days of recently canonized saints in the "extraordinary" form of the Mass. The Congregation for ...
Even as the government of El Salvador announced a nationwide quarantine, hundreds flocked to a pilgrimage site March 12 to remember a Jesuit priest and his companions killed 43 years ago and declared martyrs by ...
Pope Francis has approved a miracle attributed to Carlo Acutis, paving the way for his beatification, which will likely take place later this year in Assisi, where he is buried. Acutis’ intercession reportedly helped to ...
The Vatican announced February 22 that Pope Francis has recognized the martyrdom of a fellow Jesuit, Salvadoran Father Rutilio Grande, and two companions who were murdered en route to a novena in 1977 in El ...
What does the Church teach on cloning, DNA manipulation and stem cell research? Monsignor Charles Pope explains that the Church does not ban any of these scientific practices. However, certain areas of each are problematic. ...
Gretchen Crowe writes that one of the perks of working for a publishing company is the complimentary copy that each employee receives of every book that comes off the OSV presses. The result is that ...
Pope Francis recognized the martyrdom of six religious priests and brothers and seven laypeople who were killed in the 20th century "in hatred of the faith," clearing the way for their beatification. The pope approved ...
St. Augustine Parish in the Diocese of Honolulu will soon open the doors to the Damien and Marianne of Molokai Education Center, which tells the stories of St. Damien de Veuster and St. Marianne Cope, ...
ERIE, Pa. (CNS) — Bishop Lawrence T. Persico Dec. 17 announced the opening of the canonization cause for Gertrude Barber, a renowned Erie educator and Catholic woman of faith who dedicated her life to serving ...
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