By Clemence Cireau – This year, the church celebrates the 100th anniversary of the canonisation of St Joan of Arc, a 15th-century peasant who is one of the most enduring female symbols in Western culture....
Church / Church History / Priests / Saints / Theology
by CNS · Published June 25, 2020 · Last modified June 24, 2020
Father Rensch’s YouTube series, “Symbols and Saints,” can be viewed at https://bit.ly/37RFien By Cori Fugere Urban – What do vestments, an upside-down anchor, St. John of Nepomuk, a pelican and St. Joseph’s flowering staff have...
By Jonathan Luxmoore – Carlo Acutis, a London-born Italian teenager who used his computer skills to foster devotion to the Eucharist and will be beatified in October, offers a model of sanctity for Christians in...
Christian Living / Church / Feast Days / Pope Francis / Saints
by CNS · Published June 8, 2020 · Last modified June 5, 2020
By Carol Glatz – Pope Francis asked that the world’s Franciscans and devotees of St Anthony of Padua be inspired by this 13th-century saint by being “restless” to hit the road and share God’s love...
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Young men and women today can learn from the example of St. John Paul II, who proved that life’s difficulties are not an obstacle to holiness and happiness. Despite losing...
By Carol Glatz – St John Paul II was a man of deep prayer, who loved being close to people and loved God’s justice and mercy, Pope Francis said. “Let us pray to him today...
St John Paul II was a modern-day apostle and the world’s conscience. This is the life of the man born Karol Wojtyła on May 18, 1920. Pope John Paul II, whose centenary of birth...
By Carol Glatz – Pandemic restrictions have upset plans for pilgrimages and major public Masses celebrating the 100th anniversary of the birth of St John Paul II. But it hasn’t stopped book launches and an...
Pandemic casts spotlight on a nearly forgotten martyr: St. Corona She had become nearly forgotten. Little is known about the young woman who was killed for her Christian faith, presumably in the second century...
Benedict Daswa / Church / Martyres / Saints
by Kilian SC · Published February 19, 2020 · Last modified February 14, 2020
A new church dedicated to South Africa’s first beatus has been built in the diocese of Dundee in KwaZulu-Natal. Bishop Graham Rose opened Bl Benedict Daswa church at Dundonald, one of the mission stations...
February 20 marks the centenary of the death of the youngest of the three visionaries of Fatima, St Jacinta Marto. MICHAEL OGUNU looks back at the life of this little girl of big faith.
By George P. Matysek – More than eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi and two companions randomly opened a prayer book three times inside their parish church of St. Nicolo in Italy. Hoping God...
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