(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 ...

St. John of the Cross (1542-1591) is a Doctor of the Church and a spiritual giant. His life commitment to prayer and writing about prayer will be forever cherished in the Catholic tradition.

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 ...

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 ...

Scots celebrate St ... patron saint of Greece, Cyprus, Romania, Ukraine and Russia in addition to Scotland. He was finally crucified by the Romans in the city of Patras, Achaea, on an X-shaped ...