America interviewed Gustavo Gutierrez in El Salvador on May 24, 2015, the day after Oscar Romero’s beatification.
Saints
Posted inFaith, Video
Martyred Salvadoran Inspires
Catholics in a Washington church discuss how the soon-to-be beatified Archbishop Oscar Romero impacts their faith.
Posted inFaith, Video
Oscar Romero’s Beatification through Salvadoran Eyes
What does Blessed Oscar Romero's beatification mean for the people of El Salvador? Take in their reactions, plus the extraordinary sights and sounds of the beatification festivities.
Posted inDispatches, Faith
Learning from Carrie Fisher and the rest of the secular saints we lost in 2016
These people’s lives gave us a glimpse of something meaningful, something that liberated or encouraged us.
Posted inFaith, In All Things
Two Saints on a Single Day: the Anglican and the Jesuit
Two saintly Christians separated by only a few decades in time.
Posted inFaith, The Good Word
Why saints are never sure of their salvation
Pride may well be the first deadly sin to arrive and the last to leave.
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
James Martin: The saints seemed so far away. Then I started to climb.
For me, wisdom comes mainly in the form of insights.
Posted inFaith, Podcasts
Who Should We Consider Saints?
This week Robert Ellsberg discusses his book, Blessed Among Us: Day by Day with Saintly Witnesses, with Kerry Weber and Matt Malone, S.J. The book includes reflections on the stories of canonized saints, and well as lay, non-Christian and non-religious individuals. The purpose of sharing these stories is to provide readers with daily spiritual guidance. […]
Posted inFaith, Of Other Things
Believe it or not, St. Francis wasn’t always a saint.
Being a saint isn’t being without sin.
Posted inFaith, Video
RECAP | Mother Teresa Canonization
Got 60 seconds? Here’s everything you missed at Mother Teresa’s canonization Mass.