Our Lady, Saints and Martyrs

San Francisco de Asís pintado por Cimabue hacia 1277-1280
Saint Francis of Assisi: history, poverty and Canticle
From merchant's son and combatant to founder of the lesser brothers: a life read through his writings and the earliest Franciscan sources. Read more...
Gruta de Massabielle en Lourdes hacia 1897
Our Lady of Lourdes: history, apparitions and cures
Bernadette Soubirous, the eighteen reported apparitions of 1858 and the process separating an unexpected cure from a recognised miracle. Read more...
Pintura de la Virgen del Carmen con el Niño y el escapulario
Our Lady of Mount Carmel: history, feast and the sea
The feast on 16 July links Carmelite spirituality and the brown scapular with a powerful Spanish tradition among sailors and fishing communities. Read more...
Imagen histórica de Nuestra Señora de Fátima coronada
Our Lady of Fatima: what happened in 1917
A documented chronology of Cova da Iria, the Church's 1930 decision and why the secret is not a timetable of future disasters. Read more...