St. Medericus was born in Autun, France, in the 600s. When he was 13 years old, he entered St. Martin’s monastery; he later became abbot of that monastery. He was a recluse at the end of his life. St. Medericus died in 700.Read More
I read of the recent St. Bernadine’s Spiritual Renewal Symposium. The theme was “There Is Power In The Name Of Jesus!” Four permanent deacons, Curtis Turner, Paul Shelton, Steven Rubio and Paul Barksdale, would be the only preachers at this four-day Symposium, which drew me to attend.Read More
St. Clement I, who was born in Rome, became the fourth pope circa 88. He wrote “Epistle to the Corinthians,” and his name is in the canon of the Mass. He worked with St. Paul the Apostle, according to St. Jerome and Origen. The pope was martyred under Trajan’s persecutions in 101. St. Clement I...Read More
NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity, postulator for the sainthood cause of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, told a gathering at the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven June 1 that her cause is “still waiting for one more miracle” for her to be declared a saint.Read More
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The school year has been extended into July for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny and the nearly 2,000 girls and young women they educate and feed in this capital city.Read More
WASHINGTON – A letter from the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has stated the bishops’ opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act because of the bill’s potential to “jeopardize our religious freedom to live our faith and moral tenets in today’s society.”Read More
VATICAN CITY – The successful development of a synthetic cell can have many practical applications, but the technology must be regulated, said the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.Read More
WARSAW, Poland – When a Catholic priest who was murdered by communist agents is beatified in Warsaw June 6, it will confirm his place as one of the church’s most conspicuous modern martyrs.Read More