How Were Saints Made in the Past?
Question: I understand that until the 12th century, there was no canonisation process by which the Catholic Church would declare...
Saints
St Josephine Bakhita: 12 Years a Slave
St Josephine Bakhita at a glance Name at birth: Unknown Born: c. 1869 in Olgossa, Sultanate of Darfur (Sudan) Died: February...
St Paul Miki & Companions
Today is the Feast of St Paul Miki, a Japanese Jesuit seminarian, martyr and saint, one of the twenty-six martyrs...
St Agatha
St Agatha was martyred in Sicily circa 251. She is the patron of breast cancer patients, assault and burn victims,...
St Blaise
Today is the Feast of St Blaise, bishop, doctor and martyr – on his feast day it is customary for...
Year of Pilgrims of Hope Marks a Decade Since Blessed Benedict Daswa’s Beatification
By Kati Dijane – The road to sainthood can be long and intense or a smooth sail, depending on a...
St John Bosco: The Champion of Youth
Saint at a glance Name at birth: Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco Born: August 16, 1815, in Castelnuovo d’Asti, Piedmont, Kingdom of Sardinia...
St Thomas Aquinas
Today is the Feast of St Thomas Aquinas, Dominican philosopher, theologian and angelic doctor. Here is his prayer🙏
St Agnes
Today the Church honours St Agnes, a young martyr in Roman times. Her name means ‘chaste’ and she is the...
