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

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 to ...

Perpetua and Felicity, early saints mentioned in Eucharistic Prayer ... here are 10 things to know about these early martyrs. Perpetua was a young Christian woman and martyr who died just after ...

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

To become a saint in the Catholic Church ... the service of priests,” according to the Vatican department for saints. The ...

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 ...

On Jan. 27, the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops announced that Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville, has been designated as a national shrine for pilgrims by the United States ...

But as a Catholic, I cannot understand why we have Catholic martyrs in our pantheon of heroes who are not saints. Perhaps Rizal's case can be explained. Whereas the three Catholic priests have not ...

Above the Abbey's Great West Door stand ten statues to modern martyrs - Christians who gave up their lives ... It was decided to use the ten niches not just to commemorate saints or worthy figures ...