(OSV News) — It’s a stark reality that — no matter how many times it’s repeated — never loses the power to shock: The 20th century produced double the number …
Saints
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Instead of dressing as ghosts or monsters, children appear as saints and angels, joining joyful parades, games and prayer services to highlight All Saints’ Day.
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One requirement for “doctor of the church” title is the person must be eminent in doctrine and their writings must be faithful to church teaching.
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As Venezuelans await the upcoming canonization of the South American country’s first saints — Blessed José Gregório Hernández and Blessed María Carmen Elena Rendiles Martínez — both the church and …
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“No matter what your vocation, no matter the highways and byways of your life, chances are that St. Elizabeth Ann Seton walked the same road.”
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(OSV News) — If St. Elizabeth Ann Seton‘s life was written as a Hollywood screenplay, a script doctor might say it was simply too tragic for audiences to believe — let …
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Pier Giorgio Michelangelo Frassati, born April 6, 1901, in Italy, will be canonized by Pope Leo XIV on Sept. 7; he is being called a saint for our times.
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At age 10, Blessed Frassati received his first holy Communion; two years later, he asked to be able to receive Communion daily.
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The 19th-century theologian, intellectual and preacher journeyed from Anglicanism to Catholicism, powerfully shaping religious thought in both faith traditions.
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St. Thomas More, one of the most admired statesmen in Europe, gained international recognition for “Utopia,” his satirical work about a perfect state.
