It was a fitting setting, as they became the first couple in the history of the Church to be recognized for having achieved holiness in the context of family life.

In her interactions with the poor people who came to the store for free food and household goods, it occurred to her that they needed something more.

Pierre married another formerly enslaved Haitian, Juliette, and their home became a center for charitable work.

If he had lived past his fourteenth birthday, Mattie Stepanek would have liked to be an ambassador for peace, sharing a message of love and hope with all humanity.

One day she received a vision of Christ and his wounds and determined at once to renounce all worldly concerns.

Seattle converted to Christianity. He tried to integrate his faith with the beliefs of his ancestors. But with each year his traditional world grew smaller.

Joan of Arc is one of the most attractive and intriguing heroines of history—exemplar of an unusual brand of political holiness.

The Baal Shem Tov—“Master of the Good Name”—was the title given to Rabbi Israel ben Eliezer of Mezbizk, founder of Hassidic Judaism.

Just two women, trusting in one another, hoping in the God who watches over the weak, who fills the hungry, and restores life.

The work of Ricci and the Jesuits who followed showed great promise of establishing an authentically Chinese Christianity.