A Pilgrim's Journey

"St. Lawrence Distributing Alms" by Fra Angelico (1395-1455) Saint Lawrence was one of seven deacons in Rome in charge of giving h...

The story of St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, born in the world as Edith Stein, is the story of one of the most brilliant converts to ente...

St. Dominic Guzman was used mightily by God to strengthen the cause of orthodoxy in the medieval Church by founding the Order of Preachers, ...

The Emperor Valerian (253-60) had a hatred for the Church, and he didn’t hesitate to vent his rage. He mandated that all Christians had to t...

It was an astonishing sight for Peter, James, and John, when they saw the Lord Jesus Christ radiating His divine glory, talking with Moses a...

The Basilica of St. Mary Major is important to Christendom for three reasons. - It stands as a venerable monument to the Council of Ephesus ...

[The people said to Jesus,] “Then what sign do you do, that we may see, and believe in you? What work do you perform? Our fathers ate the ...

Born in La Mure d'Isere in southeastern France, Peter Julian's journey of faith drew him from being a priest in the Diocese of Greno...

Eusebius was the founder of the canons regular, priests living under a religious rule and dedicated to pastoral work. The canons regular was...

On a night in July 1216, St. Francis was at prayer in the little church of Portiuncula, devoured by love for God and a thirst to save souls....

Alphonsus Liguori, born in 1696, was the son of an ancient Neapolitan family. His father was an officer in the Royal Navy. At the age of six...

The Shrine of St. Ignatius at the Church of the Gesu in Rome. St. Ignatius of Loyola was born at Loyola in the mountains of northern Spain i...

In the fifth century it was Ravenna, and not Rome, which was the capital of the Roman Empire in the West, and Ravenna itself became a major ...

In a decree issued in 2021 by the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Sacraments, the liturgical calendar was changed to reflect the com...

Lifting up his eyes, then, and seeing that a multitude was coming to him, Jesus said to Philip, "How are we to buy bread, so that these...