Last article of section "Saints and Blessed"
It was during a consistory called to declare the canonization of saints that Benedict XVI chose to announce his resignation. Last Sunday, these saints were canonized, among them 800 martyrs: Antonio Primaldo and his companions. Saint Antonio Primaldo was a 15th century tailor and townsman of the southern Italian ...
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Here is the translation of Pope Francis' homily during Mass with the Cardinals present in Rome at the Pauline Chapel for the Feast of Saint George. * * * I thank His Eminence, the Cardinal …
read moreThursday in the White House, President Barack Obama bestowed on Fr. Emil Kapaun the nation's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor. The priest, who died in a prisoner of war camp …
read moreExactly 18 months ago this week, the Philadelphia Catholic family became my family, and the city became my home.I said at the time that the challenges we face as a Church wouldn't be easy, …
read moreIn this Lent just now beginning, the Society of Mary (Marianists) are presenting the figure of the Venerable Faustino Pérez-Manglano Magro, a young Spaniard who died in 1963. He was a student …
read more"The only worthwhile striving is after the highest ideals: If you aim for an easy target, your standard will inevitably decline, and no progress is ever made, except through real effort and …
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