2+ week, 4+ day ago   (208+ words) St. John Chrysostom (which means “golden-mouthed”) was born in Antioch in 347. He received a classical Greek education, and devoted his studies to religious works and Scriptures. After three years, he was baptized and went to the desert to live as…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (194+ words) St. Peter Claver was born into a farming family in Catalonia, Spain, in 1581. He studied at the University of Barcelona, and joined the Jesuits when he was 20. While studying philosophy in Tarragona, Peter became friends with an older Jesuit lay…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (132+ words) Angelus News Saint of the day: Lawrence Justinian St. Lawrence wanted to be a saint from the time he was a child, and when he was 19 years old, he received a vision that left a void in his heart that…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (196+ words) Mother Teresa was born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu on August 26, 1910, in Macedonia. She was the youngest of three children, and as a young girl, she was called to serve God as a missionary nun. At 17, she joined the Sisters of Loretto,…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (370+ words) Registration for the Order of Christian Initiation of Adults (OCIA) has “more than doubled” on college campuses across the country as Catholic conversions continue to rise, according to recent data. “On campuses of various sizes, all across the United States,…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (1167+ words) The first Jewish president of the Catholic Biblical Association of America (CBA) — Old and New Testament scholar Amy-Jill Levine — intends to strengthen resources for educators and to build partnerships with parishes for guidelines about Scripture, she told EWTN News. Levine…...