(Feast Day ~ June 1)

It is one of the great wonders of the Church that anyone can become a saint. The Church honors those who have done great deeds or led holy, self-sacrificial lives, or died for the faith; she numbers among her saints some who h...

Feast Day ~ May 1

It is almost impossible for Americans to conceive of a saintly ruler. We are taught from early childhood that it is only right to maintain a separation of Church and State, to keep religion out of politics and politics out of rel...

Feast Day ~ May 27

Many saints of the Church have received the crown of martyrdom because of the policies of political leaders – from the first Christian martyrs who refused to reverence state deities or to acknowledge emperors as divine to those ...