How Do Saints Hear Our Prayers?
As God is omniscient, I can understand that he would be able to “hear” prayers whether they are vocalised or not. However, does the same apply to Our Lady and the saints? Can they...
Category: Saints
The Life of John Henry Newman in a Nutshell
When Bl John Henry Newman is elevated to the canonised sainthood in October, he will become Britain’s first new saint since the canonisation of St John Ogilvie in 1976. Born on February 21, 1801,...
Sainthood Cause for Boy’s Town Founder Father Flanagan’s Gets Underway
The sainthood cause of Father Edward J. Flanagan, founder of Boy’s Town, took a step forward with the presentation of the “positio” to the Vatican Congregation for Saints’ Causes, along with a letter of...
Mary Magdalene and Me
I share a birthday with Mary Magdalene – her feast day that is. In his article “How an Apostle Was Slandered” Günther Simmermacher provides some very useful insights into how and why the image...
How An 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 of Magdala has been the subject of...
Pope to Canonise Blessed John Henry Newman
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis will declare Bl John Henry Newman, the 19th-century British cardinal, a saint on October 13. The British theologian will be canonised during a Mass at the Vatican,...
Who Was John Bradburne?
The sainthood cause for poet and Franciscan missionary John Bradburne will be launched in September in Zimbabwe after being approved by the Congregation for the Causes of Saints in Rome. The poet and secular...
Puzzle of Adopting a Saint Solved
Stephen A Clark, Manila, Philippines – Years ago I heard a talk where it was suggested that we all adopt a saint. Someone to “have our backs” and pray for us. A condition was...
Meet Four Saintly Politicians
Few politicians have a reputation for holiness, but there are four Italians of that dirty trade for whom sainthood causes are underway. Desmond O’Grady introduces the four politicians of ethics. What do Luigi Sturzo, ...
Dioceses’ Spat Over Sheen’s Bones Ends
Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, Illinois, announced “with great joy” that the New York Supreme Court ruled that the remains of Archbishop Fulton Sheen should be transferred from New York to his diocese. The...
Saintly Lives: The Birth of Little Eden Homes
In part 3 of his four-part series on the lives of Little Eden founders Domitilla and Danny Hyams, Daluxolo Moloantoa looks at the growth of what would be their two families. In last week’s...
Saintly Lives: How Domitila Met Danny
In the second article in his four-part series on the lives of Little Eden founder Domitilla Rota Hyams and her husband Danny, Daluxolo Moloantoa tells of how three POWs fell for an Italian village girl.
