The pope’s letter, titled “Totum Amoris Est” (“Everything Pertains to Love”), said that the saint has much to teach the church today.
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Pope Francis puts Matteo Ricci on path to sainthood
The great Jesuit missionary to China, Matteo Ricci, was declared “Venerable” by Pope Francis today, the first step on the path to canonization.
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As their World Cup team advances, Argentines call on folk saints for help
Many Argentines have been rooting vocally for their national team, but taking care to pray to the country’s many folk saints.
Posted inArts & Culture, Books
Pietro Di Donato’s ‘The Penitent’ tells the story of Maria Goretti’s tragic death from her perspective—and her murderer’s
Pietro Di Donato wrote ‘The Penitent’ because he thought it to be a profoundly human story—though both the murderer and the victim became larger than life in reality.
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Review: Mother Teresa’s dark night of the soul—as told by her beloved friend
Jim Towey tells of his long friendship and collaboration with Mother Teresa in ‘To Love and Be Loved.’
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Podcast: How to become a mystic (and keep your day job)
We are all called to a close and yes mystical relationship with God and to lead lives of contemplation. And today’s guest on Jesuitical, Kelly Deutsch, wants to help people do just that.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why Edith Stein is the perfect saint for All Souls’ Day (and a world plagued by antisemitism)
On this Feast of All Souls, let us remember “our people,” living for God and for each other. We can live for both, and die for both.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
When the (books about) saints go marching in
All Saints Day is a day to venerate holy men and women—and also to recognize the saints in our midst, complicated though they might be.
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What does it mean to become a saint?
The Solemnity of All the Saints reveals the relationship between who we are and who we should become, between time and eternity, between ourselves and the saints.
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Pope Francis: Saints weren’t conformists. They were revolutionaries who lived the beatitudes.
The multitude of men and women honored on the feast of All Saints lived according to the Eight Beatitudes.