Last month, Marie Elaine Quiray, the creator behind Blessed Friends Forever, an online retailer of Catholic children's items, posted a preview of her latest series of saint T-shirts, including a St.

Last month, we commemorated the 80th anniversary of the martyrdom of Father Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Polish Franciscan priest martyred by Nazis during World War II. His life offers a unique testimony ...

Recalling the horrors of war and the faith of St. Maximilian Kolbe and countless others on the battlefield upon this important anniversary ... Lt. Luella Lorenz served as a nurse during World War II ...

The Primate of All Ireland on Sunday honored Auschwitz martyr St. Maximilian Kolbe. Archbishop Eamon Martin presided at an event in Warrenpoint, Northern Ireland, on Sept. 5 commemorating the 80th ...

Eighty years ago St. Maximilian Kolbe died in Auschwitz on August 14 after volunteering to take the place of a father in the concentration camp’s starvation bunker. Today devotion to the saint ...

Sent to the Auschwitz concentration camp, a priest comes forward to take the place of a fellow prisoner condemned to death. The story of Maximilian Kolbe, whose remarkable life prepared him for the ...

MARMORA – St. Luke Productions will present a live one-man drama, “Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz” at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Sept. 5 at St. Maximilian Parish – Church of the Resurrection in Marmora.

ROCHESTER -- Actor and producer Leonardo Defilippis portrays "Maximilian: Saint of Auschwitz" at 7:30 p.m. today at Mayo High School auditorium. Father Maximilian Kolbe, a Catholic priest, was ...

All Hallow’s Eve (Halloween), All Saints’ Day and All Souls’ Day start on the weekend this year. Several local connections highlight these observances and their sacred significance. At the Franciscan ...

Kenny Wodzanowski, group leader for World Youth Day pilgrims from the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., prays with his rosary alongside prisoners’ barracks during a 2016 visit to the Auschwitz-Birkenau ...

My dear friend Russell Contreras is the New Mexico-based justice and race reporter for Axios, a devout Catholic — and a troll. We have long mocked each other on social media, mostly to amuse ourselves ...