Tag: Saints
Q&A with Fr Flader: Who was St Jude, the Apostle?
The church recently celebrated the feast of the apostles Simon and Jude. Can you tell me what we know about St Jude, and why he is sometimes called the saint of hopeless causes? Fr John Flader has the answers.
Q&A with Fr Flader: Doctors of the Church
Pope Leo XIV is soon to proclaim St John Henry Newman a Doctor of the Church. Can you please tell me what criterion is used to make this decision? Also, could a lay person be named a Doctor? And what sort of writings must church Doctors have produced? Fr John Flader explains all.
Simcha Fisher: Relics are friends
Catholics (and before that, ancient Jews) have always cherished and venerated physical relics of their holy dead, even – or especially – when the rest of the world found that practice creepy or dangerous or just kind of gross.
Q&A with Fr Flader: St Natalia’s dream
Fr Flader, my name is Natalia and I was wondering whether there is a St Natalia. Can you help me?
New young saints encourage faithful to live life to the full,...
The greatest risk in life is to waste it by not seeking to follow God's plan, Pope Leo XIV said, proclaiming two new saints, Pier Giorgio Frassati and Carlo Acutis.
Melto D’Moronoyo: A month of Maronite holiness
July is a busy month in the Maronite Church as we celebrate significant figures who allowed the Spirit within to take flight. Among them were early saints and martyrs who died for their beliefs, and modern saints recognised for their ‘heroic virtue’ and the ability to carry out feats perceived as miracles.
Q&A with Fr Flader: The veneration of relics
One of my friends was criticising me and the church for the importance we give to relics. He says they are just parts of dead people or of things they used. How can I answer him?
St George Pell? Maybe.
Reports of a miracle occurring after prayers for Cardinal Pell’s intercession were predictably met with criticism that the cardinal could not be in heaven, much less declared a saint, because of his record on child abuse. It’s time to set the record straight again, writes Monica Doumit.
Dioceses should commemorate their own saints each year, pope says
Starting in the Holy Year 2025, local churches worldwide will annually honour the saints, blesseds and other holy figures connected to their communities, Pope Francis announced.
Q & A with Fr Flader: St Jerome Emiliani
Dear Fr John Flader, I sometimes attend Mass in a parish staffed by Somascan priests, who speak of their founder, St Jerome Emiliani. Who was he?
Like Blessed Estephan, let us always remember that God sees us
Blessed Estephan Nehme’s words were few yet filled with wisdom, reflecting a deep relationship with Christ, being focussed on words he had repeated since his childhood: “God sees me.”
Q&A with Fr Flader: Who is St Katharine Drexel?
Fr Flader, I recently came across an American saint I had never heard of before, St Katharine Drexel. Who was she and what did she do?
