7 saints you can call on for help October 28, 2022By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Saints Saints are friends who are in heaven, and we can invite them into the ordinary moments of our day.
Priest from Buffalo is on slow path to sainthood October 28, 2022By Kurt Jensen Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Father Nelson Baker, who served at St. Joseph’s Cathedral in Buffalo after his ordination in 1876, was beloved in his lifetime for his charitable efforts for the poor, including serving thousands of meals during the depths of the Great Depression.
Mass to honor six Black sainthood candidates October 26, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Racial Justice, Saints For the second consecutive year, St. Ann in East Baltimore will host a special All Saints Day Mass Nov. 1 that will offer prayers for the canonization causes of six Black Americans.
RADIO INTERVIEW: St. John Paul II Spiritual Center October 25, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints Catholic Review Editor Christopher Gunty talks with Maxime Nogier, executive director of the St. John Paul II National Shrine in Washington, D.C., about the long-reigning pontiff’s legacy and how the shrine supports people on a journey to Christ through the life and teachings of John Paul II.
From Einstein to St. Gerard, thoughts on devotion October 16, 2022By Gerry Jackson Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Feature, Saints An extraordinary devotion to St. Gerard Majella, the patron saint of expectant mothers whose feast day is Oct. 16, came about after a difficult second pregnancy.
Refusal to help migrants is ‘sinful, criminal,’ pope says at canonization October 10, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, Immigration and Migration, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The refusal to help desperate migrants “is revolting, it’s sinful, it’s criminal,” Pope Francis said as he canonized a bishop dedicated to assisting migrants and a Salesian brother who had immigrated with his family to Argentina.
Vatican marks ecology saint’s feast day with film premiere, climate accords October 4, 2022By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News The Vatican hosted the global premiere of a new documentary on the urgent need to address climate change on the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, the same day the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change and the 2015 Paris Agreement entered into force for the Holy See.
Pope to canonize founder of Scalabrinians, Salesian pharmacist October 4, 2022By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News While their life journeys and the stages of their sainthood causes diverged, two men born in Italy are set to be canonized together Oct. 9: Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini and Blessed Artemide Zatti.
Padre Pio showed the world that ‘God is real,’ Cardinal O’Malley says September 24, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News St. Pio of Pietrelcina did not boast of his fame or holiness but instead showed that God “chooses the weak to confuse the strong,” said Cardinal Seán P. O’Malley of Boston.
5 Things to Know about the cause for sainthood of Baltimore’s Mother Mary Lange September 15, 2022By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Black Catholic Ministry, Feature, Local News, News, Saints Things to know about the canonization cause for Baltimore’s Mother Mary Lange.
Discernment means recognizing God in the unexpected, pope says September 7, 2022By Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, Vocations, World News Discerning the will of God means being able to listen to one’s own heart and recognize the Lord’s presence in the unexpected events of life, Pope Francis said.
Author of new ‘Mother Teresa’ book shares his encounters with the saint September 7, 2022By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic News Service Filed Under: Books, News, Saints, World News Generations of people have come to know St. Teresa of Kolkata, better known as Mother Teresa, as a humanitarian, a role model, an example of holiness in action and an intercessor with God.
