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 […]
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 […]
Why do images of Saint Martin of Tours almost always show him riding a horse? And why is the Ukrainian saint Josaphat Kuntsevych generally shown carrying a strangely shaped weapon? We Catholics often use holy […]
Having reviewed the republication of Henri de Lubac’s book The Church: Paradox and Mystery, I had to accept that space constraints prevented me from discussing at more length a part of the text that moved […]
A painting of St. Maria Goretti by Giuseppe Brovelli-Soffredini / YouTube screenshot via EWTN
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 5, 2022 / 15:00 pm (CNA).
Catholics worldwide celebrate the feast day of one of the youngest saints on July 6: St. Mari… […]
Photo illustration. / Shutterstock
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2022 / 08:38 am (CNA).
Americans celebrate their country’s independence on July 4th — as well as the people who formed the United States into the country that it is today. Tho… […]
St. Juliana Falconieri (1270-1341) and Sister Juliana Faustina. / Courtesy photos.
Rome Newsroom, Jun 18, 2022 / 04:00 am (CNA).
This is the story of how an obscure 13th-century saint from Florence inspired a young religious sister in Manhattan… […]
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