Witness of Briana Santiago
Briana Santiago Synod witness October 4th Holy Father, and all here present, my name is Briana Santiago, I am 27...
Saint Bartolomea Capitanio
BARTOLOMEA, THE DELIGHT OF CHARITY In these pages, we wish to present the person of Bartolomea Capitanio, canonized in...
Witness of Viktoria Zolnova, from Slovakia, at the 2nd part of the Synod
Holy Father, Synodal Fathers, Brothers and Sisters in Christ, It is a great honor and privilege for me to be...
Percival Holt, Indian Catholic Youth Movement, India
October 16th Intervention Dear Holy Father Pope Francis, Synodal Fathers and my fellow ministers in the mission of...
Saint Francis of Assisi, Fonder of the Friars Minor
We know more of St. Francis than of any other medieval saint. Not only have we his own words, his Rule, Testament,...
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997)
Mother Teresa of Calcutta (1910-1997) “By blood, I am Albanian. By citizenship, an Indian. By faith, I am a Catholic...
Pope Francis announces that he will canonize Nunzio Sulprizio in October
In an Ordinary Public Consistory held on Thursday morning, Pope Francis announced that he will canonize Blessed Nunzio...
Joan of Arc
Saint Joan of Arc, byname the Maid of Orléans, French Sainte Jeanne d’Arc or La Pucelle d’Orléans, (born c. 1412 CE,...
Dr. Ivan Merz - Banja Luka, Bosnia 1896. + Zagreb, Croatia 1928
Dr.Ivan Merz was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia, on the 16th of December 1896. He was brought up within a liberal...
St. Stanislas Kostka
Born at Rostkovo near Prasnysz, Poland, about 28 October, 1550; died at Rome during the night of 14-15 August, 1568. He...
St. Rose of Lima
Rose of Lima has a special claim on our interest for she has the honor of being the first person born in the Western...
The Story Of Anka Kolesárová
It may have happened in this way, maybe a little differently, but the sacrifice of love and purity present in...
Murdered Hungarian youth pastor to be beatified as martyr
A young Hungarian priest who was lured into a forest and beaten and stabbed to death is to be the latest East European...
Carlo Acutis - Servant of God
Carlo Acutis died at the age of 15 of a galloping leukaemia, leaving in the memory of all those who knew him a...
Henry Edward Dormer, Servant of God
Servant of God, Henry Edward Dormer who was born in Warwickshire, England, and after studies in Europe and in Ireland,...
Meet the Young Man People Are Already Calling a Saint
This is so inspiring. Joe Reali might have seemed like a normal young man from the outside: he had friends, went to...
Carlotta Nobile. An art historian, violinist, writer and Italian blogger
Carlotta Nobile (Rome, 20th December 1988 - Benevento, 16th July 2013) is known for her courageous testimony in the...
Testimonies from some of the students from the Samuel Group
What Is Samuel Group? Samuel Group is a discernment group for young adults, ages 19-30, who meet together once a month...
BL. ISIDORE BAKANJA, MARTYR
Bl. Isidore Bakanja, a member of the Boangi tribe, was born in Bokendela (Congo) between 1880 and 1890. In order to...
Blessed Andrew of Phu Yen - Protomartyr of Vietnam
Andrew, from Phu Yen (1624–1644), became a martyr for his faith. Born to a poor mother in the province of Phu Yen, he...
Santa Teresa de los Andes (1900-1920)
Teresa de Los Andes (1900 - 1920) is the first Chilean and the first Discalced Carmelite nun outside Europe to be...
Blessed Marcel Callo
Marcel Callo was born on December 6, 1921, in Rennes, France, being one of nine children. He was a happy child, who was...
Montse Grases, a typical girl
Montse's life was similar to that of any other girl her age, and at the same time, it was filled with God: she...
Frédéric Ozanam. A Student Who Made a Difference
Armed with a passion for learning and his faith, Frédéric Ozanam arrived in Paris in 1831 to study law at the...
Young Woman Jade Banks on Becoming a Nun
My first memory of meeting an actual nun (as opposed to watching The Flying Nun, played by Sally Field, on TV)...
Roberto Clemente. He was a pioneer in Major League Baseball
As the 2017 World Series gets underway this week between the Houston Astros and the Los Angeles Dodgers, we present a...
St. Kateri Tekawitha
There was once a little Native American girl named Kateri. Well, when she was four years old she became known as...
Laura Vicuña
After her father's sudden death, her mother, with her two daughters, sought refuge in Argentina. In 1900 the Salesian...
St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Martyrs of Uganda
St. Charles and many other martyrs for the faith died between November 15, 1885 – January 27, 1887 in Namugongo,...
St. Pedro Calungsod A patron for catechists
1654-1672 Feast Day April 2 Although born in the Philippines, St. Pedro Calungsod is loosely considered an American...
Daniela Zanetta. Life is Beautiful!
Portrait of a young girl from Maggiora (Novara, Italy) who asks herself a question: are we sure that happiness, to...
Ashleigh from Australia tell us about her experience of faith
It is an honour to be here today to share my desires and expectations for the upcoming Synod of Bishops on Youth, Faith...
Blessed Chiara Badano
Sassello, a small town of the ligurian inland in the province of Savona within the Acqui (Piedmont) diocese, is a...
Saint Maria Goretti
St. Maria was the third of seven children in a poor farming family. When she was nine years old, her father died,...
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux
THÉRÈSE MARTIN was born at Alençon, France on 2 January 1873. Two days later, she was baptized Marie Frances Thérèse at...
Saint José Sánchez del Río
Let no one look down on your youthfulness, but rather in speech, conduct, love, faith and purity, show yourself an...