Saints

Ahead of Easter, Martin Scorsese’s docudrama series about the saints is featuring the queen of all saints: Mary, the mother of Jesus.

While the great evangelizer of Ireland is widely celebrated, here are 11 Irish saints who continued St. Patrick’s efforts to spread the Gospel.

(OSV News) — Rosemarie Costello says she is alive today because of Venerable Fulton J. Sheen, her cousin. He introduced her parents, after all. Costello, a 64-year-old musician and teacher …

Here are five married couples who are saints today because they lived out a vocation of love for each other — and for God.

“He would sometimes hear confessions for 12 hours straight,” Father Aurilia said. “People don’t realize how exhausting it is to hear confessions.”

(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 …

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.

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.

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 …

“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.”