The Pure Soul and Mind of Anselm of Canterbury

Saint Anselm (+1109) was bishop of the see of Canterbury, in the south of England, whose old buildings and cobbled roads still evoke her...

Benedict and Philip the Apostle

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 6 September 2006 Philip the Apostle Dear Brothers and Sisters, While we continue to outline the features of the various Apostles, as...

Saint Leopold Mandić: a living icon of the Good Samaritan

Friday, May 12th, we Franciscan Capuchins celebrate with great joy the feast of our Capuchin confrere St Leopold Mandić. Who was this great man...

Saint Stanislaus Papczynski: Undisclosed  Face of Greatness

What makes a great priest?  On May 18, as the Congregation of Marians of the Immaculate Conception celebrates the birthday and liturgical memorial of...

From Merrie Ireland to Bonnie Scotland: Saint Columbkille

If you will forgive a little parochialism, today is the feast of Saint Columbkille (521-597), also called Columba, who is not celebrated in the...

Doubting, But Faithful, Thomas

Saint Thomas, the Apostle, is called 'Didymus', the 'twin', perhaps, as some surmised, because he looked a lot like Christ. Whether that be true,...

Blessed Ignatius Falzon: A Passion for the Gospel and for Malta

A man of great passion for preaching the Gospel and the teaching of the Catholic faith These were the words which Pope Saint John Paul...

Saints Elizabeth of Portugal and Antoine Daniel

On this day we honour Elizabeth of Portugal (+1336), who lived in the turbulent time at the dawn of the fourteenth century. She was...

Saint Anthony Zaccaria

Saint Anthony Zaccaria (+1539), from noble lineage in late-renaissance Italy, was born in Rome in 1502, on the cusp of the Protestant revolt against the...
Pope St. John Paul II

John Paul II’s Homily on the Hundredth Anniversary of Maria Goretti

MESSAGE OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOP OF ALBANO FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF ST. MARIA GORETTI To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of...