Saints

What we really know about St Patrick

Modern celebrations of St Patrick’s Day may have become largely secular, yet the historical figure behind them remains one of the most remarkable missionaries of the early Church
Melanie McDonagh

Aquinas and the question of tyrannicide

The death of Ayatollah Khamenei recalls an ancient moral dilemma that St Thomas Aquinas approaches with caution and weight
Jan C. Bentz

On the woman at the well

St John Chrysostom reflects on Christ’s meeting with the Samaritan woman, explaining how the Gospel reveals the true worship of God in spirit and truth and calls believers to humility, faith and conversion
St John Chrysostom

Pilgrims flock to Assisi as relics of St Francis are unveiled

More than 100,000 pilgrims have passed through the Basilica of St Francis in Assisi during the first week of the first public exposition of the saint’s mortal remains in 800 years
The Catholic Herald