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September 16, 2019

Why St. Gemma Galgani laughed in the face of the devil

And why the devil now fears her. St. Gemma Galgani was a holy and devout young woman who experienced extraordinary visions from God and received the stigmata, visible signs of…

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Life of Saints People and History Stories

September 16, 2019

How a fierce demon was defeated by a simple teenage girl

And how the story of St. Margaret of Antioch may have inspired Catholic author J.R.R. Tolkien. While Satan and his minions can often make a great show, puffing themselves up…

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Life of Saints People and History Stories

September 14, 2019

Meet a 17-year-old beggar turned mystic from our own day: Filipino Servant of God Darwin Ramos

You can hardly imagine a rougher start to a rough life. But grace is bigger than the biggest horror. He was born in the slums of Pasay City on the…

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Life of Saints

September 13, 2019

How St. Hyacinth miraculously fed a crowd of starving people with pierogi

He is known in Poland as the "patron saint of pierogi." Commonly referred to as the “Apostle of the North,” St. Hyacinth became a Dominican after witnessing a miracle performed…

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Articles Life of Saints

September 11, 2019

Depressed? Here’s a patron saint for you

St. Dymphna wants to help you see the beauty of life once again. According to the National Institute of Mental Health, an “estimated 16.1 million adults” suffer from depression on…

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Life of Saints People and History

September 11, 2019

8 Saints who were depressed, but never gave up

You might be surprised by some of the names on the list! Even saints of the moral stature of Mother Teresa of Calcutta, admired by believers and non-believers alike, bear…

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Life of Saints People and History

September 11, 2019

The first of the priests killed by the Nazis

First he defended marriage, then he defended baptism ... and was made to die a bit like St. Peter. We might often think of the millions who perished under the…

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September 7, 2019

This Is Where Saint Joseph’s Incorrupt Body Is According To A Church Mystic Visionary

It has been said that somewhere, buried deep in Bethlehem, is the body of an over two-thousand-year-old man. Still intact and incorrupt, frozen in time. This body is said to…

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Life of Saints

September 5, 2019

St. André Bessette’s Wondrous Miracles

If one figures a very modest ten thousand cures — an estimate by his Holy Cross Congregation — for the roughly sixty years when his healing ministry was in full swing…

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Articles Life of Saints

February 11, 2019

The Saint who could grow wings like an Angel, raised the dead just to attest to a man’s innocence

The Saint Have you ever heard of the Saint dubbed the "Angel of the Judgement"?. His name is St Vincent Ferrer. Born on January 23, 1357 in Valencia, Spain. Vincent…

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Life of Saints

February 11, 2019

Life of St Catherine of Genoa

(Caterina Fieschi Adorno) Born at Genoa in 1447, died at the same place 15 September, 1510. The life of St. Catherine of Genoa may be more properly described as a state…

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The Saint who didn't eat anything but the Eucharist for 13 years

Articles Life of Saints

February 8, 2019

The Saint who didn’t eat anything but the Eucharist for 13 years

Alexandrina Maria da Costa was born on 30 March 1904 in Balasar, Portugal. She received a solid Christian education from her mother and her sister, Deolinda, and her lively, well-mannered…

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Top 10 Astonishing Miracles of the Catholic Church

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April 22, 2017

Top 10 Astonishing Miracles of the Catholic Church

Whether you believe in miracles or not, there is an enormous amount of documentation for seemingly inexplicable events over the centuries that many people believe to be the work of…

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