On May 20th, the Church commemorates St. Bernardine (or Bernardino) of Siena (1380-1444), a famous Franciscan priest who preached all over Italy. On Bernardine’s feast day, Catholics typically focus on one of his favorite preaching […]
On May 11, 2023, Pope Francis announced that twenty-one men who died as martyrs in Libya will be recognized as saints by the Catholic Church. That news would not be news if it weren’t for […]
Practically every Catholic knows about Saint Catherine of Siena, whose feast day is celebrated on April 29. She is popularly remembered for being the last child born into a large family,1 for writing down her […]
Mothers and fathers would have good reason to think of child abuse—sexual or otherwise—as the greatest of crimes. Parents, after all, see the physical, emotional, and spiritual fallout from abuse in their children’s lives. Everyone, […]
In 1985, Jaime Cardinal Sin, archbishop of Manilla, Philippines, visited China. As part of his “friendship visit,” as the Chinese government called it, Cardinal Sin requested permission to visit his fellow bishop, Ignatius Kung, who […]
When we think about the Divine Mercy image, novena, or chaplet, it’s hard not to think about two great saints as well. Saint Maria Faustina Kowalska (1905-1938) was a Polish religious sister and mystic whose […]
When Ellen Organ died at the age of four, the adults who knew her considered her to be a saint. More people began to believe in Ellen’s sanctity when her body was found to be […]
How many martyrs have there been in the history of the Catholic Church? This turns out to be a more complicated question than one might think. Take, for example, the group known collectively as the […]
On January 24, the Catholic Church celebrates Saint Francis de Sales, the famous bishop of Geneva and patron saint of the Catholic press. But why is a priest who is best known for his spiritual […]
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined Fr. Mike Schmitz’s “The Bible in a Year” podcast over the past two years to try to grow in their knowledge of God and the Bible. Ascension Press […]
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