Last week, the Archdiocese of Chicago and the Congregation for the Causes of Saints confirmed Cardinal John Henry Newman’s second miracle, bringing him one step closer to canonization. Cardinal Newman (1801–1890) demonstrated astonishing academic...
The Doctors of the Church did not begin to be officially identified as such until relatively late in Church history. It was the Catholic Church that confers the title upon both western and eastern Christians. In the post today, I’d like to...
This month in February we celebrate two Doctors of the Church: St. Peter Damian and St. Gregory of Narek. St. Gregory of Narek (February 27) St. Gregory of Narek is the most recent Doctor of the Church to be recognized. Pope Francis named Gregory a...
You may have noticed back in January that we were promoting the works of St. Thomas Aquinas, St. Basil of Caesarea, St. Gregory Nazianzus, St. Hilary of Poitiers, and St. Francis de Sales. You may have noticed further that each of these great...