George Matysek talks about the inspiring life of Blessed Seelos with Redemptorist Father Richard Boever, executive director of the National Shrine of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos in New Orleans and the author of a newly released book about Blessed Seelos.
Saints
There is no better model of priesthood than Father Kapaun, bishop says
God put the desire to be a priest in Father Emil J. Kapaun’s heart at an early age, Bishop Carl A. Kemme of Wichita, Kansas, said during a homily Sept. 26 in Pilsen, the hometown of the war-hero priest and sainthood candidate.
Hawaii Mass is send-off for remains of war-hero priest to return to Kansas
Hawaii bid aloha to Father Emil J. Kapaun, a U.S. Army Korean War chaplain and candidate for sainthood Sept. 23.
Polish cardinal, blind Franciscan who knew each other beatified together
The archbishop who steered Poland’s Catholic Church through communist rule and a blind Franciscan nun who founded one of Europe’s foremost centers for the sight-impaired took a step closer to sainthood Sept. 12.
South Korean diocese says remains of first Catholic martyrs recovered
The mortal remains of the first three Korean Catholic martyrs have been recovered more than two centuries after their deaths, announced the Diocese of Jeonju.
St. Peter Julian Eymard: Apostle of the Eucharist
In this Year of the Eucharist, no saint should figure more prominently than St. Peter Julian Eymard, the Apostle of the Eucharist.
British Museum exhibit on St. Thomas Becket gives sympathetic look at past
In a gallery of The British Museum, light plays on an array of medieval crosses, reliquaries and manuscripts, as an audiovisual display reenacts one of English history’s most notorious crimes.
RADIO INTERVIEW: After death at 21, Isaac Scharbach continues to touch lives
George Matysek talks with Father Albert Scharbach, Isaac’s father, about his son’s extraordinary faith and the countless lives he has touched around the globe in his death.
Shrine honoring Blessed Stanley Rother hits milestone as dome set in place
Construction of a shrine honoring an American priest who was killed while serving in Guatemala reached a milestone with the installation of a massive dome.
A possible miracle may be attributed to Tennessee priest’s intercession
As Bishop Richard F. Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, presided at a memorial Mass and reentombment of the body of Father Patrick Ryan at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul, a possible miracle attributable to the Chattanooga priest may already be in the works.
Body of priest who ministered to yellow fever victims exhumed in Tennessee
At 10:50 on the morning of July 27, Father J. David Carter’s voice rang out at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Chattanooga: “We are about to lift the coffin from the grave.” And with that, the sainthood cause of Father Patrick Ryan, who has the title “Servant of God,” took a crucial step, as the exhumation of his remains for reentombment at the Basilica of Sts. Peter and Paul could proceed.
Take me to Padre Pio
A small New Jersey shrine to St. Padre Pio is a beautiful spot for prayer and reflection.