September 19 is the anniversary of St. Januarius’ martyrdom more than 1,700 years ago. St. Januarius chose death in “fidelity to the Gospel” to show that the love of God is “stronger than death, violence, or any power.”\ The miracle of his blood liquefying usually...
On June 19, the United States commemorates the anniversary of the 1865 order that gave freedom to enslaved African Americans in Texas, issued two months after the Civil War ended. More commonly known as “Juneteenth,” it became a federal holiday in 2021 and serves as a...
Pope Francis said he is preparing a new document on the Sacred Heart of Jesus, set for release in September, as part of ongoing celebrations marking 350th anniversary of the first apparition of the Sacred Heart of Jesus to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque. Pope Francis...
Nate Pfenenger has made his share of “out of the box” art projects, but this may be his most complicated one yet. Nate turned 20,400 black dice into an intricate, larger-than-life-size mosaic portrait of Venerable Father Augustus Tolton. “I didn’t think it was going...
Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of U.S. Sister Rose Hawthorne, the daughter of Nathaniel Hawthorne, one of the greatest fiction writers in American literature who is best known for writing “The Scarlet Letter”. The pope signed a decree attesting to the...
In 1578, the Gregorian calendar was put into provisional use in most Catholic countries to solve the seasonal problems with the year; however, it caused a liturgical problem–what to do on Leap Year Day? The Catholic Church did not want a saint’s day occurring once...