On Oct. 10, 2020, Carlo Acutis, a computer enthusiast, was beatified and given the title of “Blessed,” in the town of Assisi in Italy. Already, Catholics are calling this 15-year-old video gamer and ...

In the Orthodox tradition, Dmitry Solunsky is revered as the heavenly patron saint of warriors, a defender from evil and ...

I have been writing this column for 24 years and recently was curious to recall some topics I had written about in the early days. Patron saints were a common theme back then. Webster’s New World ...

POPE Leo XIV will name St John Henry Newman a patron saint of Catholic education in a document to be published on October 28 for the 60th anniversary of Gravissimum Educationis, the Second Vatican ...

India’s first Catholic layman saint will be officially proclaimed as the patron saint of the country's lay people at an event next month in northern India, according to an official announcement. The ...

Pope Leo declared St. John Henry Newman, along with St. Thomas Aquinas, as a patron saint of the Catholic Church’s ...

As the Scottish professor noted, both Newman and Aquinas were theologians who promoted dialogue between the sciences, especially between faith and reason.

Two Los Angeles based organizations are marshalling the heavenly forces to protect those who serve in the US armed services. Called Operation: Special Intention, the International Crusade for Holy ...

I enjoyed Sam Kean’s article in Short Subjects (The Chronicle, October 27). Especially interesting was the box listing the various saints of academe. ... I’d like to bring to your attention one saint ...

Because of the religious connotations of projects designating St. Barbara as patron saint of artillery and St. Maurice as patron saint of infantry, addressees are directed to ensure a thorough ...

The same day Pope Leo XIV proclaimed St. John Henry Newman a doctor of the church, he also named the British saint patron of ...