Saint Paul of the Cross

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

Bl Jerzy Popieluszko

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

St Maria Boscardin

Nurse and nun. Maria was born in 1888 to a poor Italian family in Brendola in northern Italy. Her father […]

St Hilarion

Abbot and monastic pioneer of Palestine. Hilarion was born in 291 in Gaza. He studied at Alexandria, where he became […]

St John Paul II

'Do not be afraid' was the most often-used Biblical quote of Pope John Paul II. Karol Józef Wojtyła was born […]

St Boethius

Philosopher, statesman and martyr. Born in Rome around 475, Severenus Boethius was the son of a rich Christian Roman family. […]

St Antony Claret

Archbishop of Cuba and founder of the Claretians. Antony was born in 1809 in northern Spain. As a young man […]

The Welsh Martyrs

The Welsh Martyrs commemorated today are the priests Philip Evans and John Lloyd, John Jones, David Lewis, John Roberts, and […]

St Antonio de Sant’Anna Galvao

Franciscan priest. Brazil's first native-born saint. Antonio was one of 11 children born in Guarantingueta near Sao Paulo, Brazil, Antonio […]

St Frumentius and Aedeius

These fourth century saints were probably brothers, from Tyre in Lebanon. They were shipwrecked on the Eritrean coast while on […]