St. Thérèse ‘provides a light’ for today’s world, says Michigan rector ahead of relics tour September 21, 2025By Daniel Meloy OSV News Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The National Shrine of the Little Flower Basilica in Royal Oak will host the major relics of St. Thérèse of Lisieux Oct. 1-8 as part of a national tour.
Timely reflections on holiness September 18, 2025By Michael R. Heinlein OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints Each of the stories of the saints, as Leo put it, all started when “they said ‘yes’ to God and gave themselves to him completely, keeping nothing for themselves.”
Celebrating an American Saint: St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization at 50 September 17, 2025By Kimberly Heatherington OSV News Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Sept. 14 marks the 50th anniversary since the canonization of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton (1774-1821), the first American-born saint.
Pilgrims celebrate 50th anniversary of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s canonization September 16, 2025By Carole Norris Greene Special to the Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints The National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg overflowed Sept. 14 with hundreds of visitors who filled the basilica and surrounding grounds to honor the first native-born American canonized by the Catholic Church.
St. Francis’ ‘Canticle of the Creatures’ at 800 endures as vision of redeemed creation September 13, 2025By Maria Wiering OSV News Filed Under: Environment, Feature, News, Saints, World News Eight centuries ago, St. Francis of Assisi composed a poem that remains familiar today, inspiring hymns, art and the titles of two of the late Pope Francis’ teaching documents on integral ecology.
New saint has special connection to nation’s capital with parish’s adoration chapel September 13, 2025By Mark Zimmermann Catholic Standard Filed Under: News, Saints, World News The ornate, intimate St. Pier Giorgio Frassati Chapel at Immaculate Conception Parish is believed to be one of the first adoration chapels in the Americas named for the new saint.
Movie Review: ‘Triumph of the Heart’ September 12, 2025By Joseph McAleer OSV News Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, Saints A compelling new film, “Triumph of the Heart” (Outsider Pictures) dramatizes the real-life story of St. Maximilian’s martyrdom.
Search for the true cross September 10, 2025By Jaymie Stuart Wolfe OSV News Filed Under: Commentary, Saints The story behind the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is a fascinating mix of history and legend. In 326, 80-year-old St. Helen travels to the Holy Land with a grand and enduring purpose: To find the true cross, the one on which Jesus had been crucified.
Estonia celebrates historical beatification of bishop who ‘did not abandon’ the flock September 9, 2025By Katarzyna Szalajko OSV News Filed Under: Ecumenism and Interfaith Relations, News, Saints, World News Estonia celebrated a historic milestone Sept. 6 when Archbishop Eduard Profittlich, a German-born Jesuit, became the country’s first Catholic to be beatified.
Notre Dame marks 75th anniversary of Father Peyton’s rosary rally, honors his life, ministry September 9, 2025By Catherine Odell OSV News Filed Under: Colleges, Marian Devotion, News, Saints, World News They also came to celebrate the life and ministry of Father Patrick Peyton (1909-1992), a Holy Cross priest, a Notre Dame graduate and sainthood candidate named “Venerable” in 2017.
Two new saints celebrated by Baltimore Catholics September 8, 2025By Katie V. Jones Catholic Review Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Saints Baltimore Catholics joined the worldwide Catholic community in honoring two young saints this weekend as Carlo Acutis, a 15-year-old computer whiz who died in 2006, and Pier Giorgio Frassati, a 24-year-old rock climber who died in 1925, were canonized Sept. 7 by Pope Leo XIV in St. Peter’s Square.
At canonization Mass, two mothers stand out as giants of confidence in God September 8, 2025By Paulina Guzik OSV News Filed Under: Feature, News, Saints, Vatican, World News At a packed canonization Mass in Rome, with 80,000 attending, it was the face of the mother that said it all during the canonization Mass — Antonia Salzano was moved beyond words when her son, Carlo Acutis, was officially declared saint of the Catholic Church.
