Saint Marianne Cope and Her Lepers
Saint Marianne Cope (+1918), whose memorial is on this January 23rd, was an American-born Sister of the Third Order of Saint Francis, who spent...
Peter and Marcellinus, Hidden Yet Their Voice Goes Out Through All the Earth
Like many of the early martyrs, not much is known of Saints Marcellinus and Peter, except that they died for the Faith during the...
Saint George, Shakespeare and the Millennium
Today is a national holiday in England - as they commemorate the semi-legendary Saint George, martyr for the Faith, slayer of the dragon and...
Mary, Conceived Without Sin
Que soy era immaculada Concepciou - I am the Immaculate Conception
These are the words with which Our Lady replied to Saint Bernadette Sobirous, in...
Angels Guardian
This memorial of the Guardian Angels goes back to the year 1500, the very dawn of the Protestant ‘Reformation’, seventeen years before Luther would...
Pope Benedict and the Birth of the Baptist
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St. Peter's Square
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, 24 June, we are celebrating the Solemnity of St John the Baptist. He is...
Blessed Jerzy Popiełuszko, Conscripted Priest, and Martyr for Conscience
Next month, October, marks the 40th anniversary of the abduction and murder of Blessed Father Jerzy Popiełuszko (1947-1984). He was a Polish Roman Catholic...
Saint Robert Bellarmine’s Clarity of Mind and Soul
In the midst of the theological and cultural confusion in which our Church is mired, we could use a few more men with the...
Juan Diego, Hidden Keeper of the Tilma
(Juan Diego's memorial is suppressed this year, at least here in Canada, since the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is moved to today. He...
Saint Pius X and Restoring All Things in Christ
Saint Pius X (+1914) was the first of peasant to be elected Pope in centuries, the bishops of Rome all being chosen from the...