Saint Josemaria Escriva, founder of Opus Dei. Photo courtesy of Opus Dei / null
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jun 26, 2023 / 15:20 pm (CNA).
According to St. Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer, a Catholic’s everyday, ordinary struggles and work are in … […]
Who would believe that the region now known as Turkey has more Catholic saints than most other countries of the world? While Turkey is not a Christian nation now, its past is rich with holy […]
Ireland is known as the “Land of Saints and Scholars” because of the vital role the island nation played in preserving the light of faith and learning in the midst of Europe’s dark age. 500 […]
On May 30, the Church celebrates the feast of Joan of Arc. The Maid of Orléans is one of the most unusual saints that the Church has ever canonized. But she is also a member […]
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 […]
Dawn Marie Beutner converted to the Catholic faith as a young adult, and now writes extensively on the lives of the saints, and how the saints can be guides and models for us today. She […]
Sometimes the best books are those that we didn’t even know we needed. There might be a topic that we think we know well, or that we think has been addressed sufficiently, or that is […]
Inside St. Frances of Rome Church 8 in Rome, Italy on March 9, 2016. / Daniel Ibanez/CNA
Rome, Italy, Mar 9, 2023 / 07:00 am (CNA).
St. Francesca Romana, also known as St. Frances of Rome, is frequently called the “most Roman of the saints,” an… […]
Today the Church of the West celebrates the birth to heavenly glory of St. Scholastica, twin sister of St. Benedict, born around 480 A.D. in Nursia/Norcia, Italy, where an ancient monastery (liquidated by Napoleon) was […]
On February 5th, the Latin Church celebrates the Feast of Saint Agatha, who was born in Sicily in 231. Among the more well-off of the Christian minority during the Roman times, Agatha’s parents consecrated her […]
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