Monday’s announcement paves the way for the beatification of the missionaries, who have been known collectively as the ...

The Auschwitz martyrs’ legacy of holiness continues to be a source of inspiration for Catholics worldwide. Here are several ...

Pope Francis recognized Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi as a martyr late last year, setting him on the path to beatification.

He left us a fight that we must all continue as Christians, as people, as young people in the province of North Kivu,” said Jacques, referring to the war-ravaged province where Kositi lived most of ...

St. Irene of Rome was the widow of the martyr Saint Castulus, a Roman military officer who was killed for spreading the Christian faith in 286. She lived in the Roman Empire during the reign of ...

The five Spanish Franciscans, known as the Georgia martyrs, are seen in a painting featured in a video from the ...

A cross containing dirt stained with the blood of Sister Dorothy Stang, a U.S. member of the Sisters of Notre Dame de Namur ...

The forest was inaugurated by youth, who planted the first saplings in a touching ceremony following World War II.

Doctor of the Church relied on divine grace and the maternal care of the Virgin Mary to temper that vice and become a man of ...

Maryland’s Catholic bishops have released a joint statement to express their solidarity with immigrants and recommit to ...