Pope prays at tomb of St. Monica on her feast day August 27, 2024By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis marked the feast of St. Monica by leaving the Vatican unannounced to pray at her tomb in the Rome basilica named after her son, St. Augustine.
Radio Interview: The Spiritual Power of the St. Benedict Cross and Medal August 26, 2024By Catholic Review Staff Catholic Review Filed Under: Books, Feature, Local News, News, Radio Interview, Saints The cross and medal of St. Benedict is considered one of the most powerful sacramentals of the Catholic Church. But where did this spiritual object come from, and how did it derive its power?
St. Maximilian Kolbe: ‘Patron of our difficult century’ August 14, 2024By Junno Arocho Esteves OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News In his homily during St. Maximilian Kolbe’s canonization Mass Oct. 10, 1982, St. John Paul II said the Polish Franciscan was granted the grace of carrying out “in an absolutely literal manner” the words of Christ: “Greater love has no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.”
Into the desert with St. Anthony of Egypt August 12, 2024By Lauretta Brown OSV News Filed Under: Books, Commentary, Saints “The Life of St. Anthony of Egypt,” written by St. Athanasius, his contemporary and friend, tells the story of this great Desert Father and was a natural fit to read in the heat of July.
Detroit procession for Blessed Solanus Casey on feast day celebrates his humility, virtues August 2, 2024By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News Blessed Solanus Casey serves as a role model for offering disappointments up to God and bearing wrongs patiently, Bishop Robert J. McClory of Gary, Indiana, told the faithful gathered at St. Bonaventure Monastery to celebrate the porter’s feast day.
Warsaw Uprising, a heroic fight against brutal German terror, was full of saints, says author August 1, 2024By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: News, Religious Freedom, Saints, World News The Warsaw Uprising that broke out 80 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, was the biggest organized resistance fight in occupied Europe against the deadly German regime during World War II.
Despite long wait, chance to venerate saints’ relics offers ‘graces’ for congress-goers July 29, 2024By Sean Gallagher OSV News Filed Under: Eucharist, News, Saints, World News Saints and blesseds whose relics were available for veneration in the chapel included the four patron saints of the National Eucharistic Pilgrimage: the Blessed Virgin Mary, St. Juan Diego, St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Junipero Serra. The relic of Mary featured in the chapel was part of her veil.
St. Mary Magdalene relic stolen from namesake Salt Lake City cathedral July 15, 2024By OSV News OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News A relic of St. Mary Magdalene was stolen from the Cathedral of the Madeleine on the morning of July 10. The theft was discovered about 7 a.m. when one of the cathedral staff found the broken reliquary on the floor beneath the crucifix.
Here comes a saint who gives parents hope July 3, 2024By Rita Buettner Catholic Review Filed Under: Blog, Commentary, Open Window, Saints Carlo shows us that you can live for God even in this modern era. He reminds us that you can become a saint without founding a religious order or dying as a martyr or doing something that seems remarkable and significant. You can become a saint by living the life God invites you to live.
Cathedral of Mary Our Queen introduces special novena June 29, 2024By George P. Matysek Jr. Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints With the blessing of Archbishop William E. Lori, the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen has instituted a special novena that invokes the intercession of nine saints featured in side altars at the Homeland cathedral.
Pope confirms Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati will be canonized ‘soon’ June 24, 2024By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News Pope Francis said that Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati “will be a saint soon.”
Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp officials overjoyed as namesake heads toward canonization June 22, 2024By Colleen Rowan OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, World News Its mission is to lead young people to a deep relationship with Jesus Christ through his church. And the Blessed Carlo Acutis Youth Camp does just that each summer for young Catholics in West Virginia.
