St Valentine is widely associated with love and romance, but the story behind the holiday is much darker than you might expect. Learn the surprising history of the saint regarded as the patron of love.
Time and time again Israel’s prophets spoke about the need to go back into the desert where Moses had led Israel’s ancestors. Today, we too find it valuable to go back into the desert, so that as we take up battle against spiritual evils, we are armed with weapons of self-restraint.
The tragic story of St Josephine Bakhita, of her abduction into slavery but her eventual discovery of Jesus, is an important story for us to know in times when human trafficking is still a very real problem.
Pray for the repose of the soul of Pope Benedict XVI with these prayers from the Catholic Bishops Conference.
Pope Benedict XVI canonised 45 saints during his Pontificate. In this blog, meet eight of them and be inspired by their lives: St Damien of Molokai, St Hildegard of Bingen, St Mary MacKillop, St Kateri Tekakwitha, St André Bessette, St Mariannne Cope, St Alphonsa of the Immaculate Conception and St Jeanne Jugan.
Pope Benedict XVI was a man of profound wisdom and deep faith. Here are just some of his inspiring words.
