Father Francis Caracciolo’s Burning Heart of Zeal
Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563 - 1608) was a near contemporary of Saint Philip Neri, whom he resembles in some ways, and with whom the...
Saint Charles Lwanga and Companion Martyrs: The Hope of Africa
If the Church seems moribund in North America, there is hope in the vast continent of Africa, where there are untold millions of Catholics,...
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...
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:...
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,...
