Catholic Saints

Father Jerzy Popieluszko is seen in an August 1981 photo in Warsaw, Poland, at the Huta Warszawa steelworks, where he served as Solidarity's trade union chaplain. Father Popieluszko is celebrating Mass marking the first aniversary of the August 1980 protest in Huta Warszawa. Father Popieluszko was murdered by communist Poland's secret service agents on Oct. 19, 1984. Father Popieluszko was declared blessed in 2010. (OSV News photo/courtesy Institute of National Remembrance IPN)

Poland’s church remembers Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko

As 40 years have passed since the murder of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko, one of their church’s most famous priests, Polish Catholics are urging people everywhere to revisit and learn from his heroic testimony.

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‘Come Before Him with Joyful Song’

Francis loved to sing. It freed his spirit and turned the human voice, so often an organ of selfishness and sin, into an instrument of celebration.
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St. Teresa of Avila: Prayer Coach

St. Teresa’s prayer life did culminate in the “spiritual rain” of mystical union with Christ.
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Caring Heals

Why not call or write a sick friend or relative? Caring heals.
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St. Clare’s Final Blessing

Francis was canonized a mere two years after he died. Clare lived on for another twenty-seven years.
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‘I Have Done My Part’

Francis attempted to do no more than to live out the teachings of Christ and the spirit of the Gospel.
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God’s Wisdom and Grace

The Spirit of God’s love lives in us. Our lives are holy and secure in Christ.
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