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The documented stories behind St Thérèse of Lisieux’s Little Way—from her prayer for Pranzini and determined entry into Carmel to ordinary service, spiritual darkness and the writing of "Story of a Soul".
Florence Nightingale's lamp became famous during the Crimean War, but the deeper story began with repeated calls to serve God, years of preparation and compassionate work strengthened by administration, evidence and reform.
How three medieval stories made Saint George a symbol of courage, dignity, deliverance and good overcoming evil.
Inside the makeshift shed where Marie and Pierre Curie spent years measuring, processing and separating pitchblende to establish the new element radium.
Follow the beloved stories of St Francis and the birds, hare and Wolf of Gubbio, and discover the tenderness for creation that still inspires people today.
Follow St Francis of Assisi from wealth and dreams of glory to lepers, San Damiano, the Sultan, the stigmata and the freedom he found in letting go.
Joan of Arc rose from village life to the heart of a war, then faced a trial that cost her life. Explore her voices, courage, execution and later vindication.
Don Bosco's monthly Exercise for a Happy Death asked the boys at Valdocco to put life in order. Discover its story and why its central question still has meaning today.
The story of Bartolomeo Garelli and one welcoming encounter that grew into a mission for young people.
Meaningful stories from Dominic Savio's short life reveal practical lessons about courage, joyful faith, wise guidance, daily duty and kindness.
The future destiny of the child is always the work of the Mother
Do not think about how to gratify the desires of the flesh
Human person is naturally inclined to sin
The only Religion that still demands human sacrifice is Nationalism.
The physiologist is no ordinary man. He is blind to the blood that flows. He sees nothing but his idea, and organisms which conceal from him the secrets he is resolved to discover.
The degree of civilization in a society can be judged by entering its prisons.
What is brahmacharya? It is a way of life, which leads us to Brahma (God).
Whether organ transplantation should be allowed if the patient is not yet fully (biologically) dead?
Even ill-health has saved me from the distractions of society and amusement
Oh Mammy, I do long to be with you and under your protection for then I feel safe
I know you would do an excellent job of it. Why should two people waste time on the same problem?
Treat me right and you will see the light… Treat me wrong and you will be gone!
A rational person should live as though God exists. If God does not actually exist, such a person will have only a finite loss (some pleasures, luxury, etc.), whereas they stand to receive infinite gains and avoid infinite losses.
Sickness is the natural state of Christians
There is nothing proper about what you are doing, soldier, but do try to kill me properly
The path to happiness is in accepting that which we have been given in life
Thank you for what you have given for me. Will you give something for my children?
If I have not replied, it is because Nature itself refuses to respond to such a charge laid against a mother.
No one understands my ills, nor the terror that fills my breast, who does not know the heart of a mother.
It took them only an instant to cut off this head, and one hundred years might not suffice to reproduce its like.
Uncertainty is the greatest torture that a man suffers on earth
He had neither passion nor weakness; he never went near any woman.
One thing only I know, and that is that I know nothing.
I will show him how much he must suffer for my name.
What have I done? If this is a victory, what's a defeat then? Is this a victory or a defeat? Is this justice or injustice?