Saints
Josephine Bakhita & Maria Goretti: Great Saints
Saints Josephine Bakhita and Maria Goretti have much to teach us in our day.
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Carlo Acutis: ‘Thy Eternal Summer Shall Not Fade’
When I think about Carlo Acutis, like everybody, I think of his youth. And that inevitably makes me think of my own teen years. The summer before my senior year of high school, Pete, a classmate of mine, was killed ...
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Mary: Mother and Mystic
She is beloved for her unshakable faith in her son, Jesus. But this Franciscan writer argues that Mary had a deeper understanding of his mission than we realize.
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Dear Carlo Acutis…
A proud member of Generation X pens an open letter to the millennial saint, Carlo Acutis.
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St. Mary Magdalene: Leader and Visionary
One early Christian writing describes Mary Magdalene as equal to the apostles, perhaps even a leader among them. It claims that anyone with spiritual maturity has the ability and authority to teach and interpret the Gospel.
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The Loneliness of Mary
The loneliness of Mary is not as well-documented. She suffered great isolation, from confusion about her unique call to the deaths of those closest to her. Yet her trust in God was rewarded.
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Pope talks about what Saint Augustine has taught him
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “So much of who I am I owe to the spirit and the teachings of Saint Augustine,” Pope Leo XIV told his Augustinian …