February 14 marks Valentine’s Day, a holiday for celebrating romantic relationships (and enjoying roses, chocolate, and candy ...

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The goal of Catholic schools to prepare students for service and success in the world, and ultimately to get to heaven, was ...

St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz, is one of the 20th century's most notable saints. But behind his trademark glasses, deep devotion to the ...

A member of one of the country’s newest Catholic Worker communities reflects on the life and ongoing witness of Servant of God Dorothy Day. Rose Hill Catholic Worker farm, 1964-1978, Servant of God ...

More than 60 journalists have petitioned Pope Francis to make Titus Brandsma an official patron saint of journalism. An open letter published on May 10 said that the world “urgently requires a holy ...

One day every year, Catholics around the world honor Saint Frances Cabrini, the patron saint of immigrants who spent much of her life working with marginalized Italians flocking to the United States ...

A 15-year-old Italian computer whiz who died of leukemia in 2006 moved a step closer to possible sainthood in October with his beatification in the town of Assisi, where he is buried. Carlo Acutis is ...

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Pilgrims gathered Thursday at the church of San Cayetano in Buenos Aires to pray to the patron Saint of work: Saint Cajetan. Ariel Robledo drew his image with chalk on ...

The incorrupt body of St. Benedict the Moor, a 16th-century son of slaves who joined the Franciscans and would become the patron saint of African missions, has been all but destroyed after a wildfire ...