The cause for the canonization of Pedro Arrupe, S.J., 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus, took an important step forward today, Nov. 14, with the closing of its diocesan phase.
Saints
Posted inFaith, Faith in Focus
Dorothy Day didn’t want to be called a saint. She wanted to be one.
What caused Dorothy Day to stand out in her time, as it does still, is the way her spiritual life was expressed not only in her daily prayer but in her response to the needs of her neighbors, to the poor and to the demands of history.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Movie Club
‘Millions’ is the perfect family film for All Saints Day
In ’Millions,’ Nine-year-old Damian’s relationship with the saints is stylized and often comical, but it also feels honest.
Posted inFaith, Scripture Reflections
I wear a third degree relic every day. It reminds me that all things are possible through God.
A Reflection for the Feast of Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles, by Leilani Fuentes
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Thousands of pilgrims venerate relic of Blessed Carlo Acutis in Manchester, England
A relic of Blessed Acutis was taken to Manchester for veneration, drawing 5,000 pilgrims in four days of prayer and an all-night vigil.
Posted inFaith
Why St. Francis of Assisi wanted to hide his stigmata
Despite his best efforts, St. Francis couldn’t hide the wounds nor the pain it caused from his fellow brothers.
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Carmelites find St. Teresa of Ávila’s body still incorrupt over 400 years after her death
The coffin of St. Teresa of Ávila was opened on Aug. 28 in the presence of a scientific medical team and members of the ecclesiastical court, and her body has been found incorrupt. The last time it was opened was 110 years ago.
Posted inArts & Culture, Catholic Book Club
Elizabeth Ann Seton did more for the U.S. church than any bishop (according to a bishop)
Elizabeth Ann Seton has only officially been a saint for 49 years, a blink of an eye in the timeline of the church. But in the history of the Catholic Church in the United States, she is a towering figure.
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St. Maximilian Kolbe: Auschwitz martyr and a cautionary tale for humanity
On August 14, Catholics commemorate the death of St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan friar who sacrificed his life to save a fellow prisoner from execution by the Nazis.
Posted inFaith, Faith and Reason
AMDG: The real meaning behind a Jesuit motto
What St. Ignatius’ seminal phrase “Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam” can teach us about holiness.