Most of us know that Saint Joseph is the patron saint of fathers. Turning to Saint Francis with an animal-related petition? Common knowledge. But how much do you know about obscure saint patronages? Test your knowledge with this fun quiz!
Around the Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time we celebrate the memorial for a saint and Doctor of the Church that probably many people do not know: Saint Lawrence of Brindisi. He was born Cesare De Rossi in Brindisi, Italy, within the kingdom of Naples in 1559. He...
“St. Anne, St. Anne, bring me a man!” Single ladies (half) jokingly like to say this phrase since St. Anne is one of the patron saints of housewives and mothers. Beyond this phrase and the fact that she was the Blessed Virgin Mary’s mother and Jesus’s grandmother,...
OMAHA—Father Edward J. Flanagan, the founder of Boys Town, is one step closer to becoming a canonized saint. The Postito, a summary of the volume of records on Father Flanagan’s life, was presented to the Congregation for the Cause of Saints this week....
There are over 26,000 miracles attributed to the intercession of Saint Charbel Makhlouf since his death in 1898. You could say he has a bit of a track record—and he’s not slowing down anytime soon. “We’re seeing more miracles in these past two years than...
