Saint Paul VI’s Story Born near Brescia in northern Italy, Giovanni Battista Montini was the second of three sons. His father, Giorgio,...

Saints Louis Martin and Zélie Guérin's Story Born into a military family in Bordeaux, Louis trained to become a watchmaker. His desire to...

Saint John Henry Newman's Story John Henry Newman, the 19th-century’s most important English-speaking Catholic theologian, spent the...

Saint Pio of Pietrelcina’s Story In one of the largest such ceremonies in history, Pope John Paul II canonized Padre Pio of Pietrelcina...

Saint Lorenzo Ruiz and Companions' Story Lorenzo was born in Manila of a Chinese father and a Filipino mother, both Christians. Thus he...

Saint Matthew’s Story Matthew was a Jew who worked for the occupying Roman forces, collecting taxes from other Jews. The Romans were not...

Saints Andrew Kim Taegon, Paul Chong Hasang, and Companions’ Stories The first native Korean priest, Andrew Kim Taegon was the son of...

Saint Januarius' Story Little is known about the life of Januarius. He is believed to have been martyred in the Emperor Diocletian’s...

Saint Joseph of Cupertino’s Story Joseph of Cupertino is most famous for levitating at prayer. Already as a child, Joseph showed a...

Saint Robert Bellarmine's Story When Robert Bellarmine was ordained in 1570, the study of Church history and the fathers of the Church...

Saint Cornelius' Story There was no pope for 14 months after the martyrdom of Saint Fabian because of the intensity of the persecution of...

The Story of Our Lady of Sorrows For a while there were two feasts in honor of the Sorrowful Mother: one going back to the 15th century,...

The Story of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross Early in the fourth century, Saint Helena, mother of the Roman Emperor Constantine, went to...

Saint John Chrysostom’s Story The ambiguity and intrigue surrounding John, the great preacher (his name means “golden-mouthed”) from...

The Story of the Most Holy Name of the Blessed Virgin Mary This feast is a counterpart to the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus; both have...

Saint Cyprian's Story Cyprian is important in the development of Christian thought and practice in the third century, especially in...

Saint Thomas of Villanova's Story Saint Thomas was from Castile in Spain and received his surname from the town where he was raised. He...

Saint Peter Claver's Story A native of Spain, young Jesuit Peter Claver left his homeland forever in 1610 to be a missionary in the...

The Story of the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Church has celebrated Mary’s birth since at least the sixth century. A September...

Blessed Frédéric Ozanam's Story A man convinced of the inestimable worth of each human being, Frédéric served the poor of Paris well, and...