This simply brings those into the Christian ... and the martyr. What's most interesting is when the heroic age stopped and when the Church itself converted into being a form of Roman imperial ...

Msgr. Roger Landry, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies and a board member of Friends of Our Lady of ...

One story connected to Valentine's Day is about a Roman priest named Valentine. Around 270 CE, he continued to officiate ...

Portrait of Saint Agatha, by Cariani, 1517, Oil on canvas © National Galleries, Scotland. Source: Christian Art. Gospel of 5 ...

Akash Bashir was a young Pakistani Salesian who sacrificed his life in 2015 to prevent a terrorist attack at his church.

But was their willingness to die for their country any less than a Christian ... martyrs. This, of course, is an entirely Church matter, which we must leave to its full competence. But as a ...

Why do we celebrate Valentine's Day? Here's a quick Valentine's Day history, from possible pagan origins to Catholic saints ...

Following the commemoration of Saint Agatha and her cruel martyrdom yesterday, we turn today to another profound display of faith under extreme human-inflicted suffering: the martyrdom of Saint Paul ...

Uganda is to repatriate the remains of two "Ugandan Martyrs" who were executed more than a century ago for refusing to renounce Christianity, a Church ... Fathers, a Roman Catholic society also ...

Although not an official visit, the arrival of the Vatican’s Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Leopoldo Girelli trip to the ...