JANUARY 27 marked 80 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the Nazi concentration camp in Poland. Catholics remembered the ...

The Dicastery for the Causes of Saints has promulgated a decree recognizing that five Spanish Franciscans were killed “in odium fidei” (“in hatred of the faith”) in 1597.

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 ...

Every Feb. 5, the Church remembers St. Agatha of Catania, a young woman who consecrated her virginity to God and died a martyr’s death during the persecution of the Roman Emperor Decius in the ...

By signing the decree in the sainthood cause of the Georgia martyrs Jan. 27, the pope cleared the way for their beatification ...

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

"Our National Shrine is a haven where pilgrims come to pray for our persecuted brothers and sisters throughout the world." ...

Q: Who was St. Valentine and why does the Church no longer observe his feast in its General Roman Calendar ...Read More ...

The Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine has been designated as a national shrine for pilgrims by the United States Conference of ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has confirmed the national shrine status of Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine in Auriesville ...