Padre Pio: Holy and Controversial
He is one of the Church’s most popular saints, revered for his holiness, but there was a time when even a saintly pope opposed Padre Pio, who...
Category: Saints
When Mother Teresa Came to South Africa
Today is the feast day of Mother Teresa – from our vaults, this is a recollection of when the saint came to South Africa. In November 1988...
Saintly Caution: Church’s Reputation On The Line When Judging Sanctity
By Junno Arocho Esteves – In the Catholic Church, a person’s canonisation is almost always preceded by decades of meticulous investigation into the minute details of the candidate’s...
How Mary Magdalene The Apostle Was Slandered
For many centuries, Mary Magdalene was seen as the penitent prostitute in Luke’s Gospel. That view has changed only quite recently, as GÜNTHER SIMMERMACHER explains. Mary Magdalene...
How Joan of Arc Was Burnt for Avoiding Rape
At a time when gender-based and sexual violence against women, in South Africa and elsewhere, is being described as a pandemic, St Joan of Arc may serve...
100 Years After Canonisation, Joan Of Arc Remains A Symbol For Many
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...
Priest Explains Symbolism In Statues, Windows In Youtube Series
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...
Soon To Be Beatified, Italian Teenager is a ‘Model Of Sanctity’
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...
Pope: St Anthony Of Padua Is An Inspirational Model For Today
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...
Learn From St John Paul, Pope Tells Young People
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...
St. John Paul Was A Good Shepherd, Pope Says On Saint’s Birthday
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...
This Was the Man Karol Wojtyla
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...
