Tag: Catholic saints

To some, the contemplative life is the more desirable Christian ideal, while the active life is only obligatory and necessary

Each now needs a miracle attributed to his or her intercession to be approved by the Vatican in order to be beatified

Aquinas was a Dominican friar and priest and is considered one of the Church’s greatest teachers, philosophers, and theologians

“False consolation can become a danger if we seek it obsessively as an end in itself, forgetting the Lord"

The Church encourages parents to dress their children like saints to create a deeper awareness of the lives of holy men and women

The photogenic smile of the pope helped cement his reputation and his nickname

John Paul I “embodied the poverty of a disciple” through his “victory over the temptation to put oneself at the center"

There is no lack of saints upon whom we can call upon to help us in our task of working with our hands in the gardens or the fields

The U.S. bishops count a total of 11 American saints who dedicated their lives to God and those in need in this country

So how are good and devoted fathers able to cope? How may they be better today than yesterday and better still tomorrow than today?