Wednesday, July 2, 2025

Justin, the Philosophical Martyr

Saint Justin (+165) who is called the 'Martyr', was born around the time the last Apostle, John, departed this life for heaven. Justin was...

Sainte Jeanne d’Arc, the Mighty Maid of Orleans

My soul doth magnify the Lord. And my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Saviour. For he hath regarded: the lowliness of his handmaiden:...
Pope St. John Paul II

John Paul II Reflects on Paul VI

HOMILY OF POPE JOHN PAUL II TO COMMEMORATE THE SERVANT OF GOD PAUL VI Thursday, 6 August 1998 The memory of my venerable Predecessor, the Servant of God...

Finding Sanctity in a Controversial Papacy: Paul VI

Today, May 29th, is the optional memorial of Pope Saint Paul VI, celebrated on the anniversary of his ordination in 1920. This year, ironically,...

William of Gellone and the Implacability of Islam

William of Gellone (ca. 755 - 812) had two phases to his life: He began as a warrior knight of the Carolingian era in...

Blessed Joseph of Igualada, OFM Cap

This 27th of May is the feast day of the Capuchin Blessed Joseph of Igualada, a beardless Capuchin, which for some of us in...

Saint Augustine of Canterbury, the Man Who Who Made England Catholic

There are two Saints Augustine - the bishop of Hippo, and author of the Confessions and numerous other theological masterpieces, and, today's saint, Augustine,...
Pope St. John Paul II

Pope John Paul II and Saint Philip Neri

(At the very beginning of his pontificate, Pope Saint John Paul II made a pilgrimage to the church of Santa Maria in Vallicella, commonly...

Saint Philip Neri’s Joyful Heart

We celebrate today one of the most joyful and idiosyncratic – the two are not unrelated - of saints, Philip Neri, (+1595), the founder...

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...