May 18, 2023 marks the 103rd anniversary of the birth of Pope St. John Paul II, who served as Archbishop of Krakow from 1964 to 1978. Much has been written about the Polish pope’s saintliness, […]
Eighty-five years ago this week, Pope Pius XI issued two encyclicals condemning two of the most brutal regimes in history: Hitler’s Nazi Germany and Stalin’s Soviet Union. Pius released Mit Brennender Sorge (“On the Church and […]
Titus Brandsma as rector magnificus of the Catholic University of Nijmegen in 1932. / Public domain.
Vatican City, Mar 8, 2022 / 02:05 am (CNA).
The first canonization ceremony for more than two and a half years will take place on May 15. Among… […]
The John Paul II Catholic University of Lublin in eastern Poland. / KUL.
Lublin, Poland, Dec 8, 2021 / 14:00 pm (CNA).
A university in Poland will host a center for the study of Polish Catholics and Jews who saved lives under Nazism and communi… […]
Rome Newsroom, Jan 7, 2021 / 07:10 am (CNA).- The sainthood cause of a Catholic priest who was imprisoned by both the Nazis and the communists has advanced with the conclusion of the initial diocesan phase of the cause.
Fr. Adolf Kajpr was a Jesu… […]
Jesus told His apostles: “You will be hated by all because of my name, but whoever endures to the end will be saved” (Matt 10: 22). It is difficult to think of another venerated Catholic […]
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