A young Portuguese princess converts to Christianity as a teenager and takes a vow of chastity, entering into a mystical marriage with Jesus. But her father...
Saints
Explore U.S. Catholic articles on saints—stories, reflections, and resources celebrating their lives, teachings, and example of holiness.
Cabrini Directed by Alejandro Monteverde (Angel Studios, 2024) In 1946, Frances Xavier Cabrini became the first U.S. citizen to be canonized. “Mother Cabrini,”...
In 1550, two Spanish priests were engaged in a heated public debate on a topic of significant moral importance: the rights of Indigenous peoples. Could the...
For me, it started with an unsuccessful attempt at growing vegetables on a shady apartment porch. The next year, it was a few potted tomato plants on the patio...
According to legends found in multiple Catholic publications, the sixth-century Irish saint, St. Brigid of Kildare, performed multiple miraculous healings. One...
When Juana de la Cruz Vasquez Gutiérrez was only 4 years old, she was injured in a fall from a horse. As she lay on the ground, she had a vision in which Mary...
“I saw what appeared to be a sea of glass mixed with fire and those who had conquered the beast and its image and the number of its name standing beside the...
It’s not without some degree of pride, and equal parts delight, that my children’s most requested bedtime song at the moment is the Litany of the Saints. I...
“We are all called to be saints,” Dorothy Day is often quoted as saying, especially these days as the church considers her own canonization, “and we might as...
Marisela, a young Mexican-American woman, was going through a period of debilitating anxiety and depression. “I was in such a bad state,” she said. “I kept on...
