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How to Choose Your First Real Rosary
Most people's first good rosary is a gift. A grandmother's. A confirmation. A funeral. It arrives already meaning something. That's the best possible way to...
Who Was Fulton Sheen?
He was a farm boy from El Paso, Illinois, who ended up with a prime-time network television show, an Emmy, and a cause for canonization....
The Child of Those Tears: St. Monica, St. Augustine, and the Longest Prayer
The Church put their feasts back to back — Monica on August 27, Augustine on August 28 — because you can't tell one story without...
Prisoner 16670: The Saint Who Stepped Out of Line
Everything Maximilian Kolbe is remembered for happened in about 10 seconds — one step forward, out of a line of prisoners, in a yard at...
History Never Names the Long Faithfulness
Their names come from tradition, not Scripture: Joachim and Anne. Mary's parents. The people who raised her and taught her to pray. Without whatever they...
St. Maria Goretti, Model of Christ
St. Maria Goretti's death bears a striking resemblance to the suffering of Christ. The saints share in Christ’s sufferings by grace, and Maria Goretti did...
Who Was Saint Rita of Cascia?
Saint Rita of Cascia is one of the most beloved saints in the Catholic Church, especially among those carrying heavy burdens, broken relationships, grief, or...
Who Was Saint Isidore the Laborer?
Saint Isidore the Laborer, also commonly known as Saint Isidore the Farmer, is one of the Catholic Church’s most beloved examples of holiness in ordinary...
Honoring St. Pius V Through Prayer
Among the many saints who shaped the history of the Catholic Church, St Pius V stands out as a pope whose leadership strengthened Catholic tradition...