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St. Philomena (Virgin and Martyr)

St. Philomena, whose name means “daughter of light,” is a revered figure in the ...

The History of the Biretta and Its Defense of the Holy ...

“I like you better without your beretta,” said James Bond to his love interest a...

St. Maximilian Kolbe (Priest and Martyr)

St. Maximilian Kolbe was born on January 8, 1894, in Zduńska Wola, Poland. From ...

The Sisters of Mary, Ukara Island, and Breaking Childre...

Ukara Island, Tanzania, is one of the most remote places in the world, a scar of...

Time for St. Michael’s Lent: Imitating St. Francis and ...

The feast of St. Michael, formerly known as Michaelmas and now the feast of the ...

Our Lady is Transforming Young Men

There is a powerful and beautiful phenomenon going on with young men. They are e...

Understanding Divine Providence: Montaigne and the Fear...

The life and Essays of Michel de Montaigne, the sixteenth-century French Catholi...

The Responsibility That Comes With the Gift of Faith: L...

There’s an old saying—the saints we rely upon find us. For me that was St. Charb...

Taking on the Vocation Crisis & Restoring Public Percep...

The US Catholic Church is facing an urgent challenge: the number of priests is d...

A Christian Reflects on Torah: Dignity, Justice, and a ...

Demographers tell us there are now over 8 billion of us on earth. And in spite o...

St. Dominic

St. Dominic, born in 1170 in Caleruega, Spain, was a passionate and devout indiv...

Expect the Unexpected: Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Sunday, Jesus gives His followers instructions about vigilance in their obe...

Reconciling God and the Existence of Evil: St. Teresa B...

Edith Stein was born in 1891, the youngest of eleven children, at a time when th...

How Exactly Did the Rosary Defeat Heretics?

As the Church celebrates the feast of St. Dominic, we are reminded not only of t...

You Can’t, I Can—How Faith Anchors in Life’s Storms

Don Draper is no moral icon, but a scene from Mad Men has stuck with me for year...

Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major

Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Our Lady of the Snows), Rome in 43...

The Divine Encounter in Suffering and Loss

The death of a family member or close relative is one of the most painful human ...

Saintly Influencers: The Mendicants of the Middle Ages

Note: If joining “Saintly Influencers” for the first time today, please read the...

Happiness is Close at Hand: Using the Sermon on the Mou...

Happiness is a perplexingly difficult quality to secure. This is surprising, sin...

St. Alphonsus Liguori

St. Alphonsus Liguori was born in 1696 near Naples, Italy, into a noble and devo...