The Bishop of Peoria has rejoiced at a Vatican medical panel’s unanimous approval of a reported miracle attributed to the famous television personality and evangelist, Servant of God Archbishop Fulton Sheen.

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If St Paul wrote a letter to the young people of Australia today, what message might he like to impart and how would he make the gospel relevant to us now? We asked noted theologian and Pauline scholar Rev Dr Chris Monaghan CP, president of YTU, a college of the University of Divinity, based in Melbourne, to play the role of Paul. Here's that letter.

A panel of theologians has approved a miracle through the intercession of Pope Paul VI, according to Vatican journalist Andrea Tornielli of La Stampa. The theologians examined the miracle for the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, after a group of physicians had earlier attested that the incident—the healing of a California child who was expected to be born with severe brain damage—was medically inexplicable. The child, born in the 1990s, is now a healthy adolescent.

Visit this link to watch the movie trailer "Francis of Assisi" (1961). The wonderful true story of a lusty, fighting young adventurer who exchanged his sword for a cross and rose to glory..

While the world celebrates Valentines today, the Church celebrates the feast day of two brothers who brought the faith to the Slavic peoples of Eastern Europe. Watch this video to learn more about their incredible stories!

The real history of Valentine's Day is not comprised of roses, chocolates and pretty cards. Instead, crime, imprisonment and execution are at the genesis of our modern day love fest, dating back to the man whose martyrdom may have inspired the holiday.

10 February is the feast day of Saint Scholastica, twin sister of Saint Benedict of Nursia. She founded a monastery of nuns, about five miles from that of her twin brother. St. Scholastica is the Patron Saint of Nuns. Today, let us pray for all women who have consecrated their lives to God!

8 February is an annual day of prayer for survivors and victims of human trafficking. It is also the feast day of St. Josephine Bakhita - watch this video for more!

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On Feb. 6, the Catholic Church honors the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki, a group of native Japanese Catholics and foreign missionaries who suffered death for their faith in the year 1597.

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St. John Bosco was the founder of the Salesian Society, named in honor of St. Francis de Sales, and of the Daughters of Mary, Help of Christians. His lifework was the welfare of young boys and girls, hence his title, "Apostle of Youth."

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