Sometimes it can take decades or even centuries for the Catholic Church to acknowledge that a holy man or woman should be considered a saint. While Pope Saint John Paul II made the promotion of […]
The easy answer is no, Ellen is not a saint. Ellen Organ, also known as Little Nellie of Holy God, has not been canonized by the Catholic Church. It does not appear that her canonization […]
Few American Catholics have ever heard of Mary Ward. The more recent books and articles about her tend to portray her as a proto-feminist, a seventeenth-century Catholic woman who spent her life fighting for the […]
Editor’s note: You can read Part 1 of this column here. In 2014, the newly elected Pope Francis decided to improve the state of the Vatican’s finances. He appointed the Australian cardinal George Pell (1941-2023) […]
On January 10, 2023, George Pell, cardinal-priest of the Catholic Church and former archbishop of Sydney and Melbourne, died suddenly the day after undergoing hip surgery. He was eighty-one years old. It may seem unusual […]
Saint Catherine Labouré (1806-76) is best remembered as the recipient of a series of visions involving the Miraculous Medal. But we must not overlook the context in which she received those visions. In the late […]
We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies just like Venerable Fulton Sheen, possess the spiritual depth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, be […]
Saint Peter Canisius, SJ (1521-1597) was a Dutch priest who lived in the sixteenth century and was one of the first members of the Jesuit order. He lived a blameless and holy personal life, preached […]
John of the Cross, whose feast day is celebrated on December 14th, has been granted many titles since his death: reformer of the Carmelite order, master of Spanish classical poetry, canonized saint, and Doctor of […]
Do just one-third of American Catholics believe that Jesus is truly present in the Eucharist, as was reported in this 2019 study? Or do two-thirds believe Church teaching on the Eucharist, if you question them […]
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