Today's Saint of the Day is a great mystic, reformer, and the first woman declared a Doctor of the Church. Meet St. Teresa of Avila on her feast day.

Today we begin a short series on the founding Saints of the four major religious orders with a look at St. Benedict and the Benedictines.

Today is the feast day of a humble brother of the Congregation of the Holy Cross who never let what most considered limitations prevent him from doing God's work. Let's meet St. Andre Bessette, the Miracle Man of Montreal.

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Learning about the Saints is important as we strive to become Saints ourselves, but it involves more than simply learning about their lives. We also need to learn how they lived and put it into practice ourselves. Today we continue our ongoing series on the Saints' Guide to Holiness with advice from the Saints on reading the Bible.

Today is the feast day of one of the best known saints of the New Testament, St. John the Apostle.

We all know the story of Christ's birth from St. Luke's gospel. In today's Christmas episode, I want to show you the other account, this time from St. John.

It's only a few days until Christmas, which makes it the ideal time to look at one of our most cherished Christmas traditions and its connection to a great saint. Let's look at St. Boniface and the Christmas tree.

Today's Saint of the Day is a giant of the Counter-Reformation, Doctor of the Church, and patron saint of Germany. Let's meet St. Peter Canisius.

There is no end to the amount of trivia and anectdotes about the pope and the papacy. In today's episode we take a brief look at some of the most interesting papal trivia.

Today is Pope Francis' 84th birthday. Let's learn a little about the 265th successor of St. Peter.