It was decided to use the ten niches not just to commemorate saints or worthy figures from the past (as is the case with most of the Abbey's exterior statuary) but to proclaim a message of which too ...

This newly designated national shrine is holy ground, witnessing to 17th-century Jesuit priests and laymen and St. Kateri ...

The days will come when the bridegroom is taken away from them, and then they will fast.' Reflection on the painting Today we ...

According to the Catholic Encyclopedia, at least three different St. Valentines were recorded in early histories of martyrs under the date of Feb. 14. There are also accounts of an African St.

5, Archbishop Barwa read out the decree from the Vatican Dicastery for the Causes of Saints that had granted in October 2023 a nihil obstat for putting 35 Catholic Martyrs of Kandhamal on the path ...

Oftentimes a well known artist’s newly religious work feels like a cathartic inquisition into his personal beliefs — which is great, but usually results in weak art. So it was with Mark Wahlberg and ...

Canonization is the final step towards sainthood in the Catholic Church ... group are 11 individuals known as the "martyrs of Damascus," who have become saints some 160 years after their death.