Lives of Saints 
Stories and biographies of the Saints and Blessed.
Feast day of Therese of Lisieux
(We are called to embrace the somber reality of our world) “For me, prayer is a surge of the heart; it is a simple look turned toward heaven, it is a cry of recognition and of love, embracing both trial and joy.” ― Therese de Lisieux Many people do with St. Therese of Lisieux what… Read More ›
St. Thérèse Of Lisieux And The Little Way Of Piety
St. Thérèse of Lisieux (1873–1897) shows us how to love and honor God as Father in perfectly childlike, though not childish ways. Thérèse boldly sought Pope Leo XIII’s permission, face-to-face, to enter the Carmelite Order at the young age of fifteen. The pope deferred to the judgment of her local superiors, and Thérèse soon received… Read More ›
A Medieval Remedy for Modernity’s Ills
Show me a Catholic not troubled by the circumstances of these days, and I will show you a Catholic asleep. Society’s woes rock his soul, but the historic perils facing Holy Church do so even more. Not only from outside her walls, but more frighteningly, from within. How are we to keep our spirits from sagging?… Read More ›
Whatever happened to the Twelve Apostles?
Jesus told his apostles to “go” and that’s exactly what they did, taking the Gospel to different parts of the world. Before Jesus ascended into Heaven he said to his apostles, “Go, therefore, and make disciples of all nations.” Having a divine mandate to travel the world for the sake of the Gospel, the apostles didn’t… Read More ›
Sts. Peter and Paul represent “unity and diversity,” Pope Francis tells Orthodox
Conformity with “the teaching of the apostles and the ecumenical councils” should inspire our efforts to restore full communion, says pope VATICAN CITY — Half a century ago, in July 1967, Pope Paul VI traveled to Istanbul and visited the Phanar, the headquarters of the Ecumenical Patriarchate. There he met with the Orthodox leader Patriarch… Read More ›
The Incredible Hidden Suffering and Final Words of Famed Seer
When officials released Fatima seer Lucia dos Santos’ first memoir in 1976, great light was shed on the extraordinary and largely hidden lives of the two younger visionaries — Francisco and Jacinta Marto. Recall often we should how these two siblings, who were Lucia’s cousins and best friends, died very soon after the dramatic apparitions… Read More ›
St. Louis de Montfort
On April 28, the universal Church celebrates the feast day of Louis-Marie de Monfort, a 17th century saint who is revered for his intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Louis-Marie is perhaps most famously known for his prayer of entrustment to Our Lady, “Totus Tuus ego sum,” which means, “I am all yours.” The late-Pope… Read More ›
The Quiet World of Little Francisco
When we last looked at Fatima, it was the death of little Jacinta Marto — youngest of the three seers. Likewise incredible was her brother, Francisco, little also, for in 1919, when he died a year before she did, he was only ten years only. This was a child whose spiritual maturity brought him beyond… Read More ›
Pope clears way for canonization of Fatima visionaries
Vatican City, Mar 23, 2017 / 06:44 am (CNA/EWTN News).- On Thursday Pope Francis approved the second and final miracle needed to canonize Blessed Francisco and Jacinta Marto, two of the shepherd children who witnessed the Fatima Marian apparitions. The Pope approved the miracle in a March 23 audience with Cardinal Angelo Amato, Prefect of… Read More ›
St. Joseph: Model of the Just Man
. . .St Luke presents the Virgin Mary as “a virgin betrothed to a man named Joseph, of the house of David” (cf. Lk 1: 27). The Evangelist Matthew, however, places a greater emphasis on the putative father of Jesus, stressing that through him the Child belonged legally to the lineage of David and thus… Read More ›