St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most beloved and venerated saints in the history of the Church. So then how did his body get lost for hundreds of years – only to be rediscovered surrounded by a strange assortment of objects? The holy founder of the Order of Friars...
“I want my children and future generations to have good priests in their lives,” actor Mark Wahlberg says in a new video, “just like I had.” The video was addressed to the National Conference of Diocesan Vocation Directors in Boston and was posted online on the Facebook page for the...
While most kids his age are memorizing their times tables, 9-year-old William Maillis is studying astrophysics at college. His goal? To “prove that God does exist.” Maillis is the youngest of three kids, and his father is an Orthodox priest. His parents realized he was special when he started identifying...
Fr. Gabriele Amorth, exorcist for the Diocese of Rome, has died, according Cindy Wooden, Rome Bureau Chief of Catholic News Service. He was 91 years old. Fr. Amorth is reputed to have personally performed thousands of exorcisms during his career. As of 2013, he claimed to have performed around 160,...
Mother Teresa was just canonized a saint this last Sunday! Since she only died in 1997, lots of people have been able to mark the occasion by sharing stories of their personal interactions with her. One neat tidbit that stood out was shared on Twitter by Raymond Arroyo, author and...
[See also: How This Franciscan (Accidentally!) Almost Killed Mother Teresa: A Fun Story] [See also: She Healed Me: The Incredible Miracle That’s Getting Mother Teresa Canonized] From Catholic-Link [See also: “A Big Discovery”: Mother Teresa’s Secret Mystical Visions of Jesus] [See also: Mother Teresa Was a Marvel Comic...
