SAINTS FOR AUGUST

Moral theology, Vatican II said, should be more thoroughly nouris

Someone has said that if there had been no Arian heresy denying C

Born in La Mure d’Isère in southeastern France, Peter Julian�

A man with vision overcomes obstacles and performs deeds that see

First raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth cent

All three Synoptic Gospels tell the story of the Transfiguration

Like most of us, Cajetan seemed headed for an “ordinary” life

If he hadn’t taken a trip with his bishop, Dominic would probab

A brilliant philosopher who stopped believing in God when she was

The esteem in which the Church holds Lawrence is seen in the fact

One of the more sugary movies made about Francis of Assisi pictur

Jane Frances was wife, mother, nun, and founder of a religious co

Two men died for the faith after harsh treatment and exhaustion i

“I don’t know what’s going to become of you!” How many pa

On November 1, 1950, Pope Pius XII defined the Assumption of Mary

The Church is universal, but its expression is always affected—

An encounter with a shabby old woman many dismissed as insane pro

When he died at the age of 23, Louis was already a Franciscan, a

How little we know where God’s grace will lead. Born on a farm

Man of the century! Woman of the century! You see such terms appl

Pope Pius X is perhaps best remembered for his encouragement of t

Pope Pius XII established this feast in 1954. But Mary’s queens

The first canonized saint of the New World has one characteristic

In the New Testament, Bartholomew is mentioned only in the lists

At his coronation as king of France, Louis IX bound himself by oa

From Aragon, where he was born in 1556, to Rome, where he died 92

The circumstances of Saint Monica’s life could have made her a

A Christian at 33, a priest at 36, a bishop at 41: Many people ar

The drunken oath of a king with a shallow sense of honor, a seduc

Born in northern France during the French Revolution—a time whe

The actions of these two influential Jewish leaders give insight