Saint John Vianney is known today as a great saint and a patron for parish priests and confessors. But he also suffered through many trials during his life, which can be overlooked if we focus […]
Scrupulosity over moral matters is not a common problem in our world today. After all, today one is more likely to be treated like a social pariah for failing to recycle trash than for committing […]
The phenomenon of angry, young men turning to violence, developing addictions, and wandering aimlessly through life is not new. That’s what the life of Saint Camillus de Lellis (1550-1614) looked like when he was twenty-five […]
Everyone knows what a scapegoat is, but few realize that the word comes from the Bible. In Leviticus 16:20-22, Moses told his brother Aaron to take a live goat, lay his hands on the goat’s […]
It only took 653 days. Pope Gregory IX declared Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone to be a saint on July 16, 1228, even though “Il Poverello”, the little poor man of Assisi, had only been […]
Saint Camillus de Lellis founded a religious order that cares for the sick all over the world. But in the United States, his feast day is translated to another date so that Americans can honor […]
While Saint Thérèse of Lisieux seemed to live an ordinary life in a middle-class French family, her autobiography is far from ordinary. The Story of a Soul has inspired millions of Catholics to recognize that, […]
Catholics might be surprised to learn that the Church recognizes hundreds of soldiers as Saints and Blesseds. While the Catechism of the Catholic Church reminds us of our Christian duty to avoid war (see nos. […]
Not every saint is universally esteemed at the time of his or her death. False accusations from a hostile priest stained the reputation of Saint John of the Cross for decades after he died. Soon-to-be […]
In the history of the Church, there have been many Christians who have been bluntly told that if they did not renounce their faith in Jesus Christ, they would be killed. But martyrdom is usually […]
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