Papal counselor, politician, Doctor of the Church, preacher, spiritual advisor, and theologian: Catherine of Siena wore many hats, and occupied a very visible...
Saints
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on saints—stories, reflections, and resources celebrating their lives, teachings, and example of holiness.
Growing up in an evangelical Protestant family, I didn’t hear much about the Christian mystics. My religious background tended to equate mysticism with occult...
The St. Teresa of Avila Prayer Book By Vinita Hampton Wright (Paraclete Press, 2015) Teresa of Avila was a 16th century Carmelite nun, mystic, and reformer of...
The word relic denotes antiquity, but in just the past couple years, this centuries-old tradition has been causing a bit of medieval-style controversy. In...
c. 2015 Religion News Service For Catholics, Episcopalians and some Lutherans, March 17 is the Feast Day of St. Patrick. For the rest of us, it’s St...
Though his critics persist, Óscar Romero’s martyrdom has finally been recognized. Just before Robert White was dispatched as U.S. ambassador to El Salvador in...
By Alice Camille and Paul Boudreau (Franciscan Media, 2014) For Mother Théodore Guérin and her sisters, the journey through the wilds of Indiana...
In the parish church of my youth, my family often sat under a stained glass window that depicted a poor man lying on the ground with his hand out to the Roman...
Every year, like clockwork, my dogs receive a blessing on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The warranty on the blessing doesn’t wear out, but I...
By Marybeth Lorbiecki (Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2014) In Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call for Ecological Action, Marybeth Lorbiecki uses primary...
