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In the book How the Irish Saved Civilization (Doubleday), Thomas Cahill talks about both green and white martyrdom. According to Cahill, Ireland was unique in that Christianity was introduced there without bloodshed (red martyrdom).
Most new saints are either priests or women who belonged to religious communities. Which of the most recent saints is a wife and a mother?
I am developing a scruple over how an inheritance from my mother was divided. I hope that I did not do anything wrong. Please help me put my mind at rest.
After John described Jesus as the “Lamb of God” (Jn 1:36), Andrew and another disciple left John to follow Jesus. Was John the Baptist having doubts about who Jesus was?
Were all the apostles single men when they began to follow Jesus? Is there anything in the Bible on this? Is that why the Catholic Church ordains only single men?
What do the four stages in the canonization process (servant of God, venerable, blessed and saint) mean?
In my Bible readings I come across passages about “those asleep in Christ.” What is meant by those “asleep in Christ?”
