“It” is the Miraculous Medal, worn on a chain around many Christians’ necks for nearly 175 years — from peasants to great saints like Maximilian Kolbe. Nov. 27 is the 175th anniversary of ...

Pope Francis just named The Miraculous Medal Shrine in the City of Brotherly Love as the 92nd basilica in the United States. The honor came two months after the 193rd anniversary of the ...

Initially, the medal had a special attraction for the poor, who came to call it the “Miraculous Medal”; eventually, countless others from every level of society began to wear it. Born in an ...

As World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another “weapon” — the Miraculous Medal. “Even though a person be the worst ...