Quinlivan noted that Thursday was the feast day of St. Catherine of Siena -- fitting timing for getting a deal completed. "I put her in charge of taking care of things, and she came through in ...

Lower mass attendance and costly upkeep caused the fate of St. Catherine-St. Lucy, which the Archdiocese hadn't targeted for ...

On Christmas Day 1886 she had a profound experience ... She is only the third woman to be so proclaimed, after Saint Catherine of Siena and Saint Teresa of Avila. St. Thérèse wrote once ...

COMMENTARY: The week’s liturgical calendar features saints who died defying unjust rulers — and feasts that point to the ...

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 ...

COMMENTARY: As devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus reaches a major milestone, Christ’s words remain a challenge: to return ...