Josemaria Escriva was a priest from Spain. In 1928, he founded Opus Dei, an institution of the Catholic Church which emphasizes that all of us are called to sainthood and that we can strive for holiness in everyday life. Escriva's holiness, inspiring writings, and influence on the world made him a central figure in 20th-century Catholicism.
Ordained in 1925, Miguel Pro was a Jesuit priest in Mexico where public worship was banned. But Pro was kind and clever. He served the poor unceasingly and performed the...
Born in Germany in 1830, Mother Maria Theresia Bonzel founded the Sisters of St. Francis of Perpetual Adoration. These amazing nuns ran orphanages, served as battlefield nurses, and even outsmarted...
Stanley Rother was born into a family of hard-working Oklahoma farmers. In 1968, five years into his priesthood, Fr. Rother requested reassignment to a mission in rural Guatemala. There he...