Martyr of war and communism to be beatified 78 yrs later
When local residents found his mangled body in the woods, they soaked handkerchiefs in the priest's blood and took them home, protecting them as relics.
Agnieszka Bugała
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St. Thérèse told her sister of an experience she only had once: an ‘arrow of fire’
"She talked in detail about the event, which is usually called the Seraph’s assault," said Thérèse's sister Pauline, i.e. Mother Agnes of Jesus, during the beatification process
From Poland to Fatima on foot with no money
221 days, 3,500 miles, 10 countries, carrying a rosary in hand – that’s quite a pilgrimage to make on foot, but this young man pulled it off!
These Sisters of Mary Immaculate take in children no one else wants
"Nobody wanted you? Then we want you with all our heart," the sisters tell the children at their foster home.
Unpublished photo of Edith Stein discovered by accident
When he looked closely at the photograph, this historian knew it had to be St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross.
Did you know that the future John Paul II had to wear girls’ shoes for his First Communion?
A last-minute mistake didn't take anything away from the specialness of the celebration for the future saint.
Ukrainian refugees spend a night in the presence of Jesus at a railway station in Poland
An adoration chapel at the station in Wrocław, Poland, became a warm bedroom for tired and terrified refugees.
Born in Auschwitz and hidden in a footstool: “I suckled fear along with my mother’s milk”
Somehow, mother and baby survived the horrors of the notorious Nazi death camp.
John Paul II’s secret get-aways to the mountains
The whiteness of the pure snow hid that of the Holy Father's cassock, recalls part of the security team who made these excursions possible.
Archangel Michael himself consecrated this shrine in Italy
St. Francis of Assisi was one of the pilgrims here.