My Friend, Fr Oscar
By Jo Tuckman – Leonor Chacón remembers every emotion she felt on March 24, 1980, as if it were yesterday. It started, she recalls, with the happiness that always accompanied the expectation that Archbishop Óscar...
Category: Saints
Pope Paul VI Changed the Church
As the pope who oversaw much of Vatican II and its aftermath, Paul VI had to steer between continuity and innovation, as FR Valentine Iheanacho MSP explains. In many respects, the 1963-78 pontificate of...
Pope at Canonisation Mass: Saints Risk All for Love of Jesus
Carrying Pope Paul VI’s pastoral staff and wearing the blood-stained belt of Archbishop Oscar Romero of San Salvador, Pope Francis formally recognised them, and five others, as saints of the Catholic Church. Thousands of...
The Courageous Witness of Saints Oscar Romero and Paul VI
Two very different men, facing different sets of dire challenges with prophetic courage, faithfully journeyed along two different paths to the same destination: sainthood! Who would have predicted it? Oscar Romero Who would have...
Why Do We Pray to the Saints?
A friend quotes 1 Timothy 2:5: “For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ.” Her church honours the saints only as exemplars of the Christian life...
The Pope Who Inspired Romero and Hurley
Two giants in the struggle for justice studied at the same time in Rome and took inspiration from the pope at the time, explains PADDY KEARNEY. Archbishops Óscar Romero of San Salvador and Denis Hurley...
The Pope and the Martyr: New Saints offer a Road Map to Holiness
The Catholic Church has its share of young saints who gave witness through their lives that holiness can be attained even at a young age.
Could this Joburg Couple Become Saints?
A Johannesburg couple could one day become only the second married pair to be canonised, after Louis and Zélie Martin, the parents of St Thérèse of Lisieux. The archdiocese of Johannesburg has laid the...
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 died 50 years ago next week. CHRISTEN...
The Sainthood of Sr Reinolda May
The sainthood cause for Sr Reinolda May, the visionary of Ngome,has taken its first steps. ERIN CARELSE looks at the life of the Benedictine nun, how the devotion grew, and the way forward for her cause....
Pope: St Joseph is Powerful Intercessor, Model of Service
Pope Francis told the Oblates of St. Joseph that for decades he has relied on the intercession of St. Joseph, and “never, ever has he told me no.” “We should draw courage from...
Uganda Martyrs Inspire Cause for Benedict Daswa
Bishop Hugh Slattery MSC – Recently a small group of pilgrims from the diocese of Tzaneen went to Uganda to honour their martyrs and to get inspiration for promoting the cause of our own...
