Our friends the saints are wonderful companions, for, as fellow writer Emily Stimpson Chapman beautifully put it, “the light of Jesus Christ, blazing in his saints, scatters the darkness and keeps us ...

Should we understand the Eucharist as only for saints? Or should we see it as also for sinners? That’s an either-or formulation making the rounds in many discussions of Pope Francis’ apostolic ...

Sts. Brigid, Clare, Joan of Arc, Lucy, Margaret, Martha, Mary Magdalene and Rita are depicted in a stained-glass window in the mausoleum at Holy Rood Cemetery in Westbury, N.Y. The feast of All Saints ...

Many saints were remembered as holy figures, but some stories connected to them contain violence, torture, and disturbing acts hidden behind religious tradition. Medieval accounts often blended faith ...

The Saints were listed in his newly released third apostolic exhortation titled “Gaudete et Exsultate: On the Call to Holiness in Today’s World.” According to Pope Francis, he hopes that this document ...

We know for certain when the summer months are truly over: the warm sunny days recede into the distance of memory and evolve into the long dark winter evenings of the present; the humid breezes turn ...

Holy Saints! is a café with an unexpected name, in an unexpected space, on an unexpected street. It can be argued, indeed, that it’s not a restaurant at all, but rather a showplace for the catering of ...