(John 12:20-22). Andrew is at the Last ... St. Andrew became the patron saint. Later the white cross on the blue background was adopted as the national flag of Scotland, and is one of the oldest ...

commonly known in English as St. John of the Cross. I assumed that I would find consolation for the plight of people caught in between social categories, including, ironically, race. In short ...

A century after the patron saint of priests, St. John Vianney, died on Aug. 4, 1859, Pope John XXIII reflected on the life of the saint and what it means to be a holy priest. In contemplating his ...

Along with Teresa of Avila, John of the Cross remains one of the West's most well-known and beloved mystics. And like Teresa's, his writings are masterpieces of ecstatic poetry, depicting a lover ...