"The Living Flame of Love" is a poem written by the 16th-century Spanish mystic with beautiful, fiery imagery to describe a soul's perfect union with God. St. John wrote both the poem and a commentary on it for Doña Ana de Peñalosa,
Have you heard of Saint Luis Cáncer, one of Florida's first martyrs? Kathleen Naab de Tovar delves into the story behind this Spanish Catholic missionary and Dominican priest born in the late 15th century. He shared the Gospel through song and ended
Bishop of Alexandria and Doctor of the Church, St. Athanasius, who died in 373, is known as the Father of Orthodoxy for defending the true and equal divinity of the incarnate Son of God. A man with a sharp intellect but also
A foundation that promotes devotion to St. Pio of Pietrelcina, more widely known as Padre Pio, is making 10 never-before-seen photographs of the saint available to the devout for free.
The images provide personal insight into the life, attitude and spirituality of 20th-century
Saint Peter Chanel exemplified the apostolic mission by sharing his faith to the farthest ends of the earth and becoming a martyr in the South West Pacific. A French priest belonging to the Society of Mary, or Marists, Father Chanel was the
During the XVIII Assembly of Italian Catholic Action in Sacrofano, Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, told those gathered that “the canonization of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati is now clear on the horizon and looming for the next
Saint Fidelis was born Mark Rey in 1577, at Sigmaringen, Prussia, and was first a practicing lawyer who was a zealous advocate for the poor. Disgusted by injustice in the legal profession, Mark Rey chose to enter the Capuchin friars and took
As doctors were preparing to certify the brain death of a Brazilian man in 2010, members of a local Catholic charismatic prayer group began to pray for a miracle.
Pope Francis recognized the healing of the man, "Paulo G.," in Uberlandia, Brazil, as
Considered the Father of Scholasticism, Saint Anselm was born in Aosta, Italy, and died in Canterbury, England, where he defended the rights of the Church over the state while writing philosophical and theological works laying the groundwork for the great scholars of
Poland's church is seeking the beatification of a young lay missionary, Helena Kmiec, who was stabbed to death in a bungled robbery shortly after starting work with Catholic nuns at a children's home in Bolivia in 2017.