Pope and martyr. This early Pope was born a slave, served sentence as a convict, was the champion of forgiveness […]

These Sixth century Celtic saints were possibly brother and sister. St Selevan is associated with Killeevan in County Monaghan, Ireland. […]

Foundress of the reformed (Discalced) Carmelites. Teresa was born in 1515 to an aristocratic family in Avila. As a child […]

Lay brother. Born in 1725, in Basilica, Italy, Gerard trained and worked in his father's trade as a tailor before […]

Born on 2 July 1647 Margaret Mary Alacoque was a French Roman Catholic Visitation Sister and mystic, who promoted devotion […]

Bishop and martyr. Born in Syria, Ignatius converted to Christianity and eventually became bishop of Antioch. In the year 107, […]

Hermit. St John lived sometime in the 5th century. As a young man, he went into the Egyptian desert to […]

Evangelist. Patron of artists and doctors. All we know of Luke comes from the New Testament. He was a Greek […]

Founder of the Passionists. Born in northern Italy in 1694, Paul Daneo lived at a time when many regarded Jesus […]

More than 150,000 people gathered in Warsaw this morning, for the beatification of Fr Jerzy Popieluszko, a Catholic priest and […]