Search results for St. Francis De Sales

What St. Francis Said True Joy Really Is

commentary

Discover ‘The Unknown St. Francis of Assisi’ in New ‘EWTN Learn’ Series

blog

Jesus, I Love You: Don Dolindo’s Powerful Method of Interior Prayer

Servant of God Don Dolindo Ruotolo went one day to the Carmelite convent to visit his dear friend Sr. Maria Giuseppina. Years earlier, Sr. Maria Giuseppina, on the brink of death f...

The Jubilee of St. Francis: Rediscovering the Call to Holiness and the Journey of Becoming ‘Perfectly Changed in Heart’

commentary

Like Jesus, St. Francis was a storyteller with something to offer all of us

The Christian tradition is inherently a storytelling religion. And from the earliest days of the experimental Franciscan way of life, people told striking stories about what was un...

Letting Go of Outcomes, Adversaries, and Anxious Love with St. Catherine of Siena

In the biography of St. Catherine, we hear that this holy saint once complained to God with sorrow and frustration that her prayers and offerings could not prevent the loss of salv...

On Earth Day, Look at St. Francis of Assisi as Patron of Environment

K Yoder, OSV St. Francis of Assisi was declared a saint nearly 800 years ago, just two years after his death. Not until much more recently — about 50 years ago — was the beloved.....

10 Weeks to Spiritual Advancement with St. Ignatius

About twenty years ago, I launched a program for daily life that has since changed thousands of lives—one based on the Spiritual Exercises of St. Ignatius of Loyola. Years later, I...

Start Here: 15 Quotes From Pope Leo XIV's First Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas

cna

Without Me You Can Do Nothing

The Gospel of St. John, in my humble opinion, offers one of the most important messages you will hear in the entire Bible. If the Catholic world fully embraced this message, the wo...

Free Book Reflects on Pope Francis’ Teachings on Religious Life

cna

Pope Leo XIV to Youth and Families: ‘Peace Be With You’

cna

The School of Love

We’re all here to learn how to love. Life is a school of love. The things that happen to you in life are meant to help you learn how to love. The people who cross your path in life...

The Merchant Who Became a Saint

Jan C. Bentz, Acton Institute The figure of Omobono of Cremona occupies a peculiar place in Catholic history and Christian moral imagination. He is neither a monk nor a prince, ne...

Jesus Gives Us 3 Lessons on Love

feature

Pro-Family 05.28.2026

Dear LifeSiteNews reader, You are invited to join passionate Catholic leaders from around the world for a powerful, faith-filled gathering in one of the most sacred pilgrimage site...

In ancient Hippo, Pope Leo launches a vision for the church rooted in St. Augustine

In his homily in Annaba, Algeria, Leo held out the saint as a model for renewal in the church and the world and said the doctor of the church is revered "for his conversion even mo...

Pope Leo XIV in Cameroon Says No One Should Face Life’s Hardships Alone

cna

A Letter to Our Holy Father from an SSPX Catholic

Kennedy Hall, Crisis I will not rehearse the theological disputes here. You are an intelligent man, and you can do your reading. I will only ask you to consider the charity of you...

The Successful Formula Behind a Fast-Growing French Pilgrimage

feature

Pope Leo XIV to Orphaned Children in Cameroon: ‘God Is Present’

cna

The Spirit of St. Augustine: Reflecting on the Major Themes of Pope Leo's First Year

Gregory Grimes on teaching.

Dealing with resistance | Ignite the Way

Catholic 03.15.25