Saints Archives

To reach the peripheries, follow Katharine Drexel there
- Commentary
- July 23, 2017
As the sole heiress to her late father, Katharine inherited approximately $20 million, which would measure in excess of $200 million today. Katharine was one of the wealthiest people in the United States and could have done anything she wanted. She chose to go to the peripheries, and donated her entire inheritance to the care and help of those in poverty and need.
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Adoring Christ with Mary Magdalene
- Commentary
- July 22, 2017
Saint Mary Magdalene — whose feast day is on July 22 — was charged with proclaiming the tidings of Paschal joy to the very apostles themselves. This really means that she was the first person ever to truly proclaim the full Gospel message, since salvation was not complete until Christ had risen from the dead.
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Pope Francis creates new path to beatification under ‘offering of life’
- Catholic News Agency, Vatican
- July 11, 2017
Pope Francis has legislated a new path to sainthood, saying “they are worthy of special consideration and honor, those Christians who, following in the footsteps and teachings of the Lord Jesus, have voluntarily and freely offered their lives for others and have persevered until death in this regard.”
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Pope to beatify Colombian martyrs during visit

It has been confirmed now by the Vatican that Pope Francis will beatify Bishop Jesus Emilio Jaramillo Monsalve of Arauca and Father Pedro Ramirez Ramos while he is in Colombia in September. The pope has also just signed decrees recognizing the heroic virtues of some other people wending their way through the beatification process.

Saint’s relics are a miraculous must-see in secular Russia

Xenia Loutchenko, a Moscow-based commentator on church affairs, said, “The thing is, people don’t have much to hope for with the current state of our health care, what people hear from doctors and bureaucrats: They have nothing else to rely on, other than to go and pray.”