Sometime during the night of May 1 and the morning of May 2 in the year 1606, Nicholas Owen died a martyr in the Tower of London. In 1970, he was canonized by Paul VI, […]
On March 7, the Church celebrates two great saints who have been honored by Catholics for more than 1800 years: Saints Perpetua and Felicity. Unlike so many other famous saints, Perpetua and Felicity were not […]
In 1298, Pope Boniface VIII decided to name four saints as Doctors of the Church to recognize their excellence as teachers of the Catholic faith and to honor the enduring impact of their thought on […]
“But how are men to call upon him in whom they have not believed? And how are they to believe in him of whom they have never heard?” Saint Paul was speaking of the salvation […]
Lucrezia Bellini was born in 1444 in Padua, Italy, became a Benedictine nun, and died in her native city in 1469. She is remembered by the Catholic Church as Blessed Eustochium of Padua this week, […]
Saint Thomas Aquinas is justly celebrated as one of the greatest minds in the history of the Church, a brilliant man whose work has continued to impact Catholic teaching in every age since his death […]
Is a life with pain a life not worth living? Proponents of assisted suicide laws appear to think that’s often the case. For Canadians, mental illness has apparently become too great a pain to bear, […]
We Catholics tend to have unrealistic expectations about our priests. We want every one of them to deliver brilliant, engaging homilies just like Venerable Fulton Sheen, possess the spiritual depth of Saint Thomas Aquinas, be […]
Odoardo Focherini was a dad. Since June 15, 2013, the Catholic Church has called him Blessed Odoardo Focherini. What does it take for a husband and a father to earn the title of blessed? The […]
Even non-Catholics have heard of Saint Anthony, the miracle-working saint who can help find your lost car keys. Named Fernando Martins de Bulhões at birth, Saint Anthony of Padua (1195-1231) was a Franciscan priest whose […]
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