Feast of St Josephine Bakhita
Today is the Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking and the feast of St Josephine Bakhita, the patron...
Saints
Pope Francis: Rayan, the boy stuck in a well in Morocco, shows beauty of ‘saints next door’
Pope Francis on Sunday shared two recent examples of everyday holiness, times when people gathered together to help a suffering...
Pakistan’s First ‘Servant of God’ is 20-year-old Killed by Suicide Bomber
By CNS – Akash Bashir, a 20-year-old volunteer security guard who was killed by a suicide bomber in 2015, is...
Pope talks about devotion to saints, prays for man who interrupted prayer
By Cindy Wooden – Pope Francis said that when he was little, he thought the phrase “the communion of saints”...
Cook with the Saints: Papal Polenta
Every month Grazia Barletta prepares a recipe from Catholic tradition in her Cape Town kitchen, and shares it with our readers...
El Salvador welcomes four new martyrs, symbols of Vatican II church
By Rhina Guidos – Unlike the spotless image of many holy men and women, a depiction of one of the...
A Saint of True Devotion
In the grand heights of heaven the light of Christ is aflame. Through the mercy of God, it pours forth...
Ireland makes Feast of St Brigid a National Holiday
By Michael Kelly – The Irish government has added a new public holiday to the national calendar to honour the...
Pope asked to Declare St Irenaeus a Doctor of the Church
By Junno Arocho Esteves – Pope Francis received a formal recommendation to declare St Irenaeus of Lyon a doctor of...
