Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto – The Youngest Canonized Saints, but Not the Least
On this day in 1920, February 20th, the 'Spanish' influenza took the life of nine-year old Jacinta Marto, as she lay alone in a...
The Ten Blessings of the Immaculate Conception
If a blessing is Godās favour and protection, can there be an eminent example of such than the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of...
Saint George Preca, Catechist and Apostle of Malta
(We are a bit late, alas, in posting this reflection on Saint George Preca, a home-grown Maltese saint, whose feast was May 9th. But,...
Saint Damien of Molochai
(In light of the recent memorial of Saint Marianne Cope, who also worked amongst the lepers of Hawaii, and who nursed Father Damian on...
Our Lady of Sorrows Celebration in Malta
Today, the Friday before Good Friday, in Malta and Gozo is celebrated the devotion of Our Lady of Sorrows. Today, all Malta and Gozo...
Saints Bede, Gregory VII, and Mary Magdalene de’Pazzi
There are many saints in the Church's history - there are, by one estimate, about 6000 at least quasi-officially canonized - too many ever...
George, Shakespeare, Brian Boru: England, Ireland and the Fighting Catholic Spirit
Today used to be (*) a national holiday in England - as the people hearken back to an earlier and better time in the...
Saint Serafino da Montegranaro
In theĀ Little Flowers of St Francis, which is a florilegium in 53 short chapters which in it we find contained the life of St...
Saint John Eudes: Giving Our All
A contemporary of his fellow Frenchman, Descartes, Saint John Eudes (+1680) was of quite a different mind and spirit. Rather that meditate on whether...
Pope Benedict and Saint Cyprian
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
St Peter's Square
Wednesday, 6 June 2007
Saint Cyprian
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
In the series of our catecheses on the great figures of the ancient...
