Saints Timothy and Titus
A blessed memorial of Saints Timothy and Titus, co-workers of Saint Paul, both of them ordained by him into the early episcopacy of the...
The Singing Martyrs of Nagasaki
Today is the feast of Saint Paul Miki and Companion martyrs, put to death by crucifixion and impaling on February 5, 1597 at Nagasaki,...
Homily at the Mass of Blessed Josephine Bakhita
APOSTOLIC JOURNEY
TO BENIN, UGANDA AND KHARTOUM (SUDAN)
EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION
IN HONOR OF BLESSED JOSEPHINE BAKHITA
HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
Green Square, Khartoum (Sudan)
Wednesday, 10 February 1993
"Come...
The Incorrupt Life of Saint Catherine de Ricci
Saint Catherine de Ricci (1522 – 1590) – born Alessandra Lucrezia Romola de' Ricci – was from the same city, Florence, as her contemporary...
Saint John Baptist of the Conception – The Reformer of the Trinitarians
Most of us are familiar with the names John of the Cross and Teresa of Avila. They defined the Spanish Golden Age of mysticism...
Pope John Paul II and the Chair of Peter
EUCHARISTIC CELEBRATION WITH THE NEW CARDINALS
HOMILY OF JOHN PAUL II
Thursday, 22 February 2001
Feast of Saint Peter's Chair
1. "'Who do you say that I am?'. Simon...
Saint Sophronius the Sophist
March 11th is the traditional feast of Saint Sophronius (560 - 638), patriarch of Jerusalem from 634 to his death on this day in...
St Joseph: The Humble Extraordinary Man of God
On this Solemnity of the Glorious Patriarch St Joseph, I would like to appreciate with you the figure of this most humble and extraordinary...
Saint Gemma Galgani
On this April 11th, 1903 - the same year that the Italian Guiseppe Sarto was elected Pope later that summer as Pius X -...
The Hidden Holiness of Margaret of Castello
Margaret of Castello (+1287 - 1320) is the patroness of the unborn, the disabled, the blind.
Little Margaret was herself 'disabled', even if she may...