In 2025, Carlo Acutis will officially become the first millennial saint. But will he help the Catholic Church reach a younger ...

Though rarely commemorated with holidays, many of these saints (who often hail from small towns) are associated with familiar objects. For example, the venerable patron of dairy products is ...

St Padre Pio’s life was marked by change. Born to peasant farmers in Italy in 1887, Padre Pio worked on the land until the ...

On September 9, 2024, His Eminence Metropolitan Apostolos of New Jersey announced that the new Patron Saint of the Greek Orthodox Metropolis of New Jersey is St. Iakovos (Tsalikis) of Evia. Blessed St ...

St David's Day: Who was Wales' patron saint? Even the image of St David has ... A nearby holy well is said to have healing powers. His family was aristocratic. The official biography claims ...

Ireland would later send out its own missionaries all over western Europe, and Patrick became acknowledged as the patron saint of the island. In Wales St David, (Dewi Sant), became the pre-eminent ...

Jude is associated with healing and miracles ... Jude, widely revered by Catholics as the patron saint of hopeless causes, will be on display at six New Jersey churches this month, beginning ...

After Carlo Acutis died at 15, he went viral and was hailed as ‘God’s influencer’. Now he is about to be canonised ...

the patron saint of Québec. Pilgrims travel across the globe to pay their respects to Saint Anne and to benefit from her miraculous healing powers. Legend has it that one of the basilica's ...

Long the “patron saint” of Canadian music. “Jack’s generosity was legendary,” jazz saxophonist Jane Bunnett agrees. “If you told him your circumstances, he’d go to his staff and say ...