We cannot forget the sacrifices of the countless faithful who bore witness to Christ during one of the most challenging ...

As every year on the same date, February 14, will be an occasion to celebrate Saint Valentine’s Day. The origins of this ...

According to one legend, Pope Gelasius wanted to put an end to the debauchery in the late fifth century. He declared Feb. 14 as the feast day of a St. Valentine, who had been martyred about 200 years ...

Following the commemoration of Saint Agatha and her cruel martyrdom yesterday, we turn today to another profound display of faith under extreme human-inflicted suffering: the martyrdom of Saint Paul ...

The Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine has been designated as a national shrine for pilgrims by the United States Conference of ...

The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB ... or the lives of those in the Church’s calendar of saints.” The National Shrine of Our Lady of Martyrs in Auriesville, New York.

Regardless of who should get the credit, an imprisoned Valentine is thought to have sent the first “valentine” greeting himself. A man bearing the name signed a letter “from your Valentine” to his ...

Msgr. Roger Landry, national director of the Pontifical Mission Societies and a board member of Friends of Our Lady of ...