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Bookmark or Share- Who is St. Michael the Archangel? - Catholic Straight AnswersIn 590, a great plague struck Rome. Pope St. Gregory the Great led a procession through the streets as an act of penance, seeking the forgiveness of and atoning for sin. At the tomb of Hadrian (now Castle Sant’ Angelo near St. Peter’s Basilica), St. Michael appeared and sheathed his sword, indicating the end of the plague.
- Whatever happened to St. Christopher? Is he still a saint?The confusion over whether St. Christopher is still a saint arose when Pope Paul VI revised the Liturgical Calendar, which includes the feast days of saints that are commemorated at Mass. Due to the proliferation of the number of feast days over the centuries, the Second Vatican Council in its Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy proposed ...
- Who was St. Blaise? - Catholic Straight AnswersSt. Blaise is also venerated as one of the “Fourteen Holy Helpers,” a group of saints invoked as early as the 12 th century in Germany and who are honored on August 8: St. Denis of Paris (headache and rabies), St. Erasmus or Elmo (colic and cramp), St. Blaise (throat ailments), St. Barbara (lightning, fire, explosion, and sudden and ...
- Who was St. Joseph? - Catholic Straight AnswersAs a good Jewish father, St. Joseph passed this trade onto his Son, and indeed Jesus is known as “the carpenter’s son” (Matthew 13:55) and “the carpenter” (Mark 6:3). Although St. Joseph was not the physical father of Jesus, he was a father in every other sense of the word.
- Catholic Straight Answers by Rev. William P. SaundersGet the Straight Answers from Fr. William Saunders on your questions about Catholicism and the Catholic Faith.
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