St. Padre Pio was one of the greatest saints of the 20th century. A devoted priest, miracle-worker, and demon-fighter, he touched so many people that 100k attended his funeral. But did you know he had a mystical vision in the final moments before his death? After barely making it through...
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On March 14, 1930, Venerable Maria del Carmen Gonzales-Valerio was born in Madrid, Spain. Following her birth, she become seriously ill. This prompted her to be baptized at an early age. At the age of two, she was confirmed. A family friend, Most Revened Tedeschini wanted to give her the...
St. Augustine is one of the most important thinkers in the history of the world. Staggeringly brilliant, rhetorically unmatched, and – most importantly – utterly committed to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Augustine set the tone for Western theology and philosophy for the next millennium and a half – an influence that hasn’...
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St. Simeon couldn’t lose the crowds. Wherever he went, whether it was a city, a mountain, a desert, anywhere, they found him and disrupted his monastic life. Then, while passing through a small town in Syria, he spotted his solution: a column. If he couldn’t escape the crowds...
