I recently came across the prayer for souls in purgatory that is attributed to St. Gertrude, and I became curious about her life. I discovered that she is a fascinating 13th-century mystic who ...

For the Most Recent in 'The Best in Catholic Blogging' click on ☩ Big Pulpit ☩. Tito Edwards Tito Edwards manages Catholic websites for the new evangelization that Pope John Paul II and then Pope ...

STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. -- Amid the hubbub over St. Patrick's Day, with all its parading and pinching and snakes, it can be easy to overlook another very important holy figure. Let us not forget St.

Daughter of the king of Poland, consort of the ruler of Kievan Rus, mother of princes, devout Christian. She went down in the history of literature as the first Polish writer known by name. If indeed ...

Today, I write in praise of a religious institution. St. Gertrude’s Monastery, in Cottonwood, Idaho, is a community of nuns following the ancient path of St. Benedict, who founded the order in 529 A.D ...