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.
Saints
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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.
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9 saints for Catholics to pray to at the Paris Olympics
These nine Parisian saints take on a new relevance for Catholics during a banner year for the city, as it hosts the Olympics and reopens Notre Dame Cathedral.
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St. Francis teaches us: We must begin the spiritual life again each day
A Homily for the Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, by Father Terrance Klein
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Review: St. Augustine in dialogue with the 21st century
In her new book, ‘(R)evolutionary Hope: A Spirituality of Encounter and Engagement in an Evolving World,’ Kathleen Bonnette has brought St. Augustine’s philosophy into dialogue with 21st-century reality in ways that would impress even modern mindfulness gurus and internet pundits.
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Saints Peter and Paul are fighting
A Reflection for the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles, by Ashley McKinless