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The Regina Caeli or Regina Coeli (“Queen of Heaven”), is an ancient Latin Marian Hymm of the Christian Church, is one of the four seasonal Marian Antiphons of the Blessed Virgin Mary, prescribed [...]

St. Zita was born into a poor but holy Christianfamily. Her older sister became a Cistercian nun and her uncle Graziano was a hermit whom the local people regarded as a saint. Zita herself always [...]

The word “saint” comes from the Latin word sanctus, which translates to “consecrated” or “holy.” Saints are men and women who have lived their lives, (and very [...]

The Student who became a Professor; the Pastor who became a Bishop By Deacon Keith Fournier (www.catholiconline.com) Fr. Karol Wojtyla first entered into graduate studies at the Pontifical [...]

The Young Karol Wojtyla By Deacon Keith Fournier (www.catholiconline.org) On May 18, 1920, during the month traditionally dedicated to Mary the Mother of the Lord, one of her greatest treasures [...]

From Cardinal to Chair of Peter to Grain of Wheat Deacon Keith Fournier (www.catholiconline.org) Karol Cardinal Wojtyla’s was selected as a Cardinal by Pope Paul VI in 1967. In March of [...]

Feastday: April 26 St. Cletus Popes, Martyrs April 26 A.D. 91     St. Cletus was the third bishop of Rome, and succeeded St. Linus, which circumstance alone shows his eminent virtue among the [...]

Feastday: April 25 Patron of notaries The second Gospel was written by St. Mark, who, in the New Testament, is sometimes called John Mark. Both he and his mother, Mary, were highly esteemed in [...]

The pasyon is a verse narrative about the life and suffering of Jesus Christ. The verses are structured in five-line stanzas, with each line containing eight syllables. The pasyon is commonly [...]

Spanish in origin, the two words is literally translated to ‘church visit’. It is the tradition of old Christian world of going to seven churches during Maundy Thursday. Apparently originating [...]