saints

Dear Reader: Saints Be Praised!

Christopher Heffron October 25, 2021

This month, to commemorate the feast of All Saints, we are offering a lineup of articles that acknowledge and celebrate a handful of saints and blesseds.

10 Influential Catholics

Christopher M. Bellitto, PhD May 30, 2020

In celebration of their holiness, virtue, and influence, here is a Top Ten list of saints who substantially shaped the face of the Catholic Church.

‘Sincerely Yours, Paul’

Theresa Doyle-Nelson May 9, 2020

St. Paul’s letters to two coworkers and a friend have helped countless Christians over the centuries.

Saint Joan of Arc’s Message for Today

Barbara Beckwith April 28, 2020

Was Joan of Arc inspired? Was she mentally ill? Does her example of armed resistance have anything to say to Americans mired in unrest?

St. Josephine Bakhita is represented in this statue by Canadian artist Timothy Schmalz in this photo released by the Holy See Press Office Feb. 3, 2022. St. Bakhita, who was sold into slavery as a child, is the patron saint of the International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking, which is marked on her Feb. 8 feast day. (CNS photo/courtesy Holy See Press Office)

St. Josephine Bakhita—A Model of Faith

Christopher Heffron January 22, 2018

Her kidnappers gave her the name Bakhita, meaning "fortunate. " Her life in captivity wasn't quite so. Born in Darfur in 1869, Josephine Bakhita was taken by Arab slave traders when she was 9.