The saints of God are as varied as the human race itself. God seems to send each one to the right place at the right time so that he (or she) can work the most good. One thinks of the … Continue reading
Category: Lives of the Saints
Miracle Approved by Young Cristero Martyr
You will remember Blessed Jose from the movie Greater Glory. CNA: The miraculous cure of a baby with brain damage through the intercession of Mexican martyr Blessed José Luis Sánchez del Río has been approved by the Vatican, completing the final … Continue reading
The Pope Who Really Was Chosen by the Holy Ghost
The account of the extraordinary election of Pope Saint Fabian was related by Eusebius, the fourth century author of the Ecclesiastical History of the Church (Volume VI, c. 29). With the death of Pope Anterus in 236, crowds of Christians … Continue reading
The Passion of St. Bernadette
Msgr. Charles Pope: The life of St. Bernadette Soubirous was steeped in paradox and irony. She was the chosen visionary of our Lady at Lourdes and was to bring forth, by heavenly guidance, a spring that would bring miraculous healing to … Continue reading
St. Christina: Frightening Revelations and Life of Stupendous Miracles
ChurchPop: So, Christina the Astonishing is sort of a saint. She lived in the late 12th century and early 13th century, right around the time the Church was forming the modern canonization process, and she’s never been been formally canonized. Nonetheless, she … Continue reading
St. Telemachus: Martyr Whose Death ended Gladiator Fights
ChurchPop: In ancient Rome, a popular form of entertainment was gladiator fights. If you’ve seen the movie Gladiator, you have an idea of what they were like: violent, cruel, and often ended in people’s death – all just for entertainment. Read … Continue reading
Sainthood Cause Entered for Jesuit Martyr in Philippines
UCANews: The southern Philippine Diocese of Dipolog has launched the first step toward the beatification and canonization of an Italian Jesuit missionary murdered in Mindanao in the 1600s. More here.
‘I Fear Only Bad Catholics’: Saint Bernadette of Lourdes
Another great post by Monsignor Pope Community in Mission: The average person may worry about any number of things: finances; security; strife in the family, community, nation, or world; health; the status of a relationship; how he is perceived by … Continue reading
Religious Brother From NH on Path to Sainthood
Seacoastonline: Brother William Gagnon, a Dover [New Hampshire] native born in 1905, is on the path to become the first saint in New Hampshire’s history and only the second person born in the United States to be canonized, or declared … Continue reading
Saint Germanus: Here’s to You!
Saint Germanus of Auxerre was the Bishop of Auxerre in Gaul, born in that same city, in 380. He died at Ravenna in 448 while on a mission in Italy. The story of his conversion is peculiar indeed. Born into … Continue reading
St. Giuseppe Moscati: Doctor of the Poor
Good short review here by Father C. John McCloskey of Antonio Tripodoro, S.J.’s biography of a wonderful saint. St. Giuseppe cared for the wounded and dying soldiers in the Italian army during World War I. With them, as with all his … Continue reading
St. Martin of Tours Raised a Catechumen to Life in Order to Baptize Him
Feastday of St. Martin of Tours, uncle of Saint Patrick Catholic Online: As disciples came to Martin for direction, he founded a monastery for them called Ligug‚. It was there he performed the first of many miracles. When a catechumen died … Continue reading
Martyred Syrian Bishop to Be Beatified
Catholic Herald: Bishop Melki, who was martyred during the Assyrian Genocide, will soon be ‘blessed’. The bishop was killed in Gazarta during the sayfo – “putting to the sword” – of Syrians in 1915, after he refused to convert to Islam. … Continue reading
November 3: One Big Day for Many Saints
Today, in this month dedicated to All Saints, our calendar gives us five saints to venerate. Paging through the Saint Benedict Center book, Saints to Remember, by the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Still River, Massachusetts, I … Continue reading
Pope Canonizes Parents of St. Therese
CNA: On Sunday Pope Francis canonized four new saints, whose greatest legacy he said was their tireless imitation of Jesus in humble service to others, which is something each of us are asked to emulate. “The men and women canonized today … Continue reading
