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Photo by Lawrence OP via Flickr Like many of the popular holidays around the world, St. Patrick’s Day is yet another classic example of a...

Detail of stained glass window at Worcester Cathedral depicts St. Oswald. (Photo Tm on Wikicommons) By Angelo Stagnaro/National Catholic...

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash By Jimmy Akin/National Catholic Register Yes, there is a physical object known as “the Chair of St....

St. Thomas Aquinas, Fountain of Wisdom, Nicolas Antoine, 1648 CE. Notre Dame Cathedral, Paris. On Jan. 28, we celebrate the feast of the...

La conversión de San Pablo, Bartolomé Esteban Murillo , ca. 1675-82. By Jimmy Akin/National Catholic Register On Jan. 25, the Church...

Altars Painting of St. Francis de Sales in Strobl, Salzburg, Pietro Antonio Lorenzoni, 1760. (Photo by Wolfgang Sauber via Wikipedia)...

Photo by Nheyob via Wikicommons We could easily wax poetic about the exemplary life of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, whose feast we celebrate...

Photo via Wikicommons Each year, the Church celebrates the solemnity of Mary, Mother of God on New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. While it is a holy...

As we stand on the cusp of the Christmas season, Mother Church gives us a relatively unknown saint to help herald the birth of our...

(Photo: Cathopic) In an age of difficulty and suffering for the Church, God raises up saints. Sixteenth century Europe was no different!...

By Karin Gamba On June 11, the Feast of Corpus Christi, parishioners from St. Stephen Catholic Church in Glenwood Springs did something...

(Photo: Adobe Stock) Three years ago, Zachary Morgan was working between 80 and 110 hours a week. At the Archdiocese of St. Paul and...

By Jimmy Akin/National Catholic Register Divine Mercy Sunday is a recent addition to the Church’s calendar, and it has links to both...

Bartolome Esteban Murillo, Walk of St. Joseph and the Child of Christ. By Joseph Pronechen/National Catholic Register As the Solemnity of...

(Photo via Wikicommons/Photo by jeffreyw via Flickrby CC by 2.0) By CNA Staff This year St. Patrick’s Day falls on a Friday. For those...

By Seth Fabian SJV Lay Division Instructor St. Valentine’s Day is in every way an odd holiday: originally honoring a martyr who chose...

In an often-dreary February, the feast of the Presentation brings illumination. Photo by Amor Santo via Cathopic By Mary Stroka/National...