Hour of Our Death: “Never in my life have I suffered so,” said Padre Pio. He could only walk with help. He slept only a few minutes at a time because his asthma and bronchitis kept him coughing. The priest … Continue reading
Category: Lives of the Saints
The Intrepid Foundress Sister Mary MacKillop, Excommunicated Whistleblower, Now a Saint
The Anglicanorum Coetibus Society, Dr. Foster Lerner: EIGHT years ago, Mary MacKillop, also known as Mary of the Cross, was made Australia’s first canonized Saint by Pope Benedict XVI on October 17th, 2010. Mary’s parents emigrated from Scotland to Australia while … Continue reading
The Truth About Padre Pio
“Did You Know That Padre Pio’s Stigmata Was Self-Inflicted? My ‘Pastor’ Friend Says It Was.” I have a friend who left the Church many years ago and is now a pastor of a small Pentecostal community in my home town. … Continue reading
16 Martyrs of the Persecution of the Church in Spain Beatified
Vatican Press Office: The following is the homily pronounced by His Eminence Cardinal Giovanni Angelo Becciu, prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, during Mass this morning in the Basilica of the Sagrada Família, Barcelona, for the beatification of … Continue reading
Send Me Back to Purgatory: Story of a Miracle of Saint Stanislaus
Tradition in Action, Hugh O’Reilly: Peter Miles, raised from the dead by St. Stanislaus of Krakow, Poland, preferred to return to Purgatory rather than to live again upon earth. The celebrated miracle of this resurrection happened in 1070 and is related … Continue reading
‘Joining a Man’s Heart to a Woman’s Thought’: More Edification from the Machabees
From the Matins readings in yesterday’s Divine Office, here is the faith-filled, courageous, and unsentimental exhortation of an unnamed Jewish mother1 to her seven sons to die as martyrs. So much to learn and admire here! To me, this woman, … Continue reading
Eleazar the Old Scribe, ‘an Example of Virtue and Fortitude’
When disedifying and disheartening bad news abounds, as it has abounded lately, the obligation incumbent upon us to elevate our minds above the mundane and evil becomes all the more pressing. So it was with joy and relief that I … Continue reading
Thomas More, a Saint Who Fought for Papal Authority Under a Series of Scandalous Popes
Patheos, Fr. Matthew P. Schneider: Sometimes we might see corruption in the Church: often we hear accusations but we don’t know if they are true. Where can we look for how to act? May I suggest St. Thomas More. Read … Continue reading
Romanian Martyr Veronica Antal Beatified, Another Maria Goretti
Aleteia, Larry Peterson: The oldest of four children, Veronica Antal was born December 7, 1935, in the town of Botesti located in the northeastern part of Romania. As was the custom, baby Veronica was baptized the next day on the … Continue reading
St. Pulcheria, Empress, Patroness of Two Ecumenical Councils
So great was this saint that Brother Francis used to say that she won from God 1000 years for the continuation of the Christian empire in the East before the Moslems took over Constantinople in 1453. Saint Pulcheris died in … Continue reading
Venerable Matt Talbot, Our Lady’s Secret Ironman
Catholic Exchange, K.V. Turley: On 8 June 1925, the following news item appeared in the Irish Independent: Unknown Man’s Death An elderly man collapsed in Granby Lane [Dublin] yesterday, and being taken to Jervis Street Hospital he was found to be dead. … Continue reading
A Priest’s Account of the Passion of Theresa Neumann
Many years ago, in Massachusetts somewhere south of Boston, I entered a place of business and spoke to the owner. When I saw Catholic prayer cards on his desk I asked him about his Faith. He was happy to talk … Continue reading
Who Am I?
I am a saint of the late fourth and early fifth century. I am Syrian As a boy I lived the shepherds’ life. At sixteen I entered a mionastery, but was dismissed on account of the fact that my austerities … Continue reading
Martyr of the Brown Scapular, Blessed Isidore Bakanja
July 16 is the feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel and the Brown Scapular. ATX Catholic, Guadalupe Rodriguez: Blessed Isidore Bakanja is the first martyr of the Brown Scapular of Our Lady of Mount Carmel whose feast we celebrate … Continue reading
Sts. Louis and Zélie Martin
Catholic Exchange, Henri Ghéon: There can still be found in the French countryside not only isolated rocks of religious enthusiasm but also, as it were, great alluvial deposits, scarcely covered with sand, wherein the convictions of their forbears endure and only … Continue reading
