Catholic Saints
The Living Presence of Love
Francis’ biographers point out that when people met with him, or heard him preach, it was not simply a question of listening to words of peace and joy.
Comfort from the Cross
We as moderns view the whole of Francis’ life—beginning, middle and end.
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Elizabeth of Hungary: Beloved Sister in a Troubled World
May I tell you the story of a woman who was married at 14 and dead at 24? Does that sound like the making of a tragedy? What if I told you she left home and family not once but ...
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Singular Holiness
Francis’s greatness, I think, comes from his ability to transfer, and transform, his internal conversations to the physical reality of the external world.
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Carlo Acutis: Miracles, Holy Bread, and a Teen Saint in the Making
“Not me, but God,” Blessed Carlo Acutis is quoted as saying. When this author visited Assisi, she discovered the growing excitement surrounding the millennial teenager’s life, legacy, and sainthood cause.
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Saints served generously, creatively, pope says at canonization Mass