Saint John Berchmans was a Jesuit scholastic known for his piety and for taking Aloysius Gonzolga as his spiritual model. He had to overcome much family opposition to join the...

Father Emil Kapaun  was a United States Army chaplain during World War II and the Korean War. Kapaun was a chaplain in the Burma Theater of World War II, then...

Eve Lavallière was an accomplished actress and high flyer, who changed her whole way of life when a parish priest invited her to Mass and gave her a book about...

The Green Scapular, incorporated in the Lives of the Saints, is a professionally dramatized account of the story of Sister Justine Bisqueyburu and the origin and spiritual power of the...

Saint John Neumann was born in Bohemia and came to America in order to be ordained. He joined the Redemptorist Order and was appointed fourth Bishop of Philadelphia. He is...

Saint Apollonius the Apologist was a 2nd-century Christian martyr and apologist  who was martyred in 185 under the Emperor Commodus. He is famous for his Apologia of the Christian Faith...

St. Thomas More was a scholar, lawyer, poet, author, and ultimately Chancellor of England. Under Henry VIII, his opposition to the Supremacy Act and the King’s divorce led to his...

Saint Juan Diego was a native of Mexico who was one of the first to be baptized by the Franciscan missionaries. In December of 1531 the Virgin Mary appeared to...

Blessed Margaret of Castello was born blind with severe curvature of the spine and stunted growth. Her parents hid her from the public in a walled-in chamber next to the...

St. Lawrence of Brindisi was a Capuchin Franciscan superior and founder of numerous convents. He was the Chaplain to Holy Roman Emperor and led the army to victory in the...