Most of us know the common facts about Pope Benedict. He’s German, he was a pope, he resigned, he died. In between all that, he even wrote some encyclicals and made quite a few papal visits. (Nothing like St. John Paul II, but still!) In honor of what would be...
I’ll admit that I had never heard of St. Joan of Valois before this week. I didn’t even know another French saint named Joan besides St. Joan of Arc. The more I researched her life, the more I wanted to get to know her. Her life was not easy. She suffered so much...
It’s been one year since Blessed Carlo Acutis’s beatification, which just happened to be two days before his feast day on October 12. While word of his sanctity and intercessions have made the rounds on social media, we usually get the bare basics that keep getting...
St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most well-known Saints of the Church. Best known for his love of nature and life of extreme poverty, Francis was the founder of both the Franciscan Order and the Poor Clares. Here are seven things to know about this much loved...
We all know that saints are the residents of heaven, and that they all believe in Jesus, but what else do all saints have in common? They are all sinners Tim Green, Facepalm | Flickr, licensed under CC BY 2.0 The saints are all human, and born with Original Sin...
