(OSV News) — The Early Church Father Tertullian famously wrote, “The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church.” The relevance and importance of this quote for the North …
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The story of the Georgia Martyrs offers a powerful early example of the missionary spirit on American soil.
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When you’re sick, it impacts nearly every aspect of your life.
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Our journey through the origins of Catholicism in the 50 states now takes us to Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Oregon and Washington.
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There is an apparent contradiction, at first glance, between the fact that St. Thérèse of Lisieux never left her Carmelite monastery and yet is patroness of missionary activity.
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Keeping in mind all of the division and scandal associated with the postponement of Sheen’s beatification in 2019, what stood out to me the most in St. Louis was the …
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Each year on Oct. 3, the followers of St. Francis of Assisi — friars; nuns; laypeople — mark the saint’s journey from life to death, his “Transitus” as it is …
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Readings for Oct. 4, 2026, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
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When St. Theodora Guérin (1798-1856) was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI in 2006, the pontiff almost understatedly summed up her life and holiness when he said, “With great trust in …
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St. Bernadette Soubirous is usually depicted in statues around the world as the confounded peasant girl on her knees at the grotto in rural France. Without a doubt, those apparitions …
