Throughout his life, the Blessed Augustinian was committed to the education of youth, taking care of their human and ...

Archaeologists have unearthed a remarkable 4th-century octagonal church in Armenia, shedding light on the nation's early ...

The roughly six-month Martyrs of Damascus relic and icon pilgrimage among local parishes includes the opportunity to pray with a first-class relic as well ... Stillwater-based iconographer and ...

The feast of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr, is marked on 26 December and in Ireland is often referred to as Lá Fhéile Stiofáin or Lá an Dreoilín or Wren Day. Traditionally, this is also a ...

We are to become the sacrifice we celebrate. It is striking how many stories of the first Christian martyrs -- especially the stories of bishops and priests -- are told in what we might call a ...

Answers came to me much more clearly, in prayer. The pressure to communicate with Spirit mounted, and the time came when I found myself communicating with the spirit of Stephen, the first Christian ...

Auriesville shrine is a ‘haven where pilgrims come to pray for persecuted brothers and sisters’ Julie Baaki, executive director of Our Lady of Martyrs Shrine, said, “Pope Francis has said that there ...

Israel’s state forced conscription or imprisonment, enforced military service that contributes to the occupation, ethnic ...

Born to a young teenage mother in 1942, Stephen was abandoned at the age of 7. Living on the streets, he became a hardened terrorist. Stephen’s testimony is incredible. He encountered the love of ...

Over time most of us tire of those who play the martyr role. We want to yell in their ears, “Take responsibility for your life!” It reminds me of what Stephen ... based on a first impression ...

Stephen Stills and Graham Nash performed together for the first time in nearly a decade at the Kia Forum’s FireAid benefit. They broke out the 1970 CSNY classic “Teach Your Children,” backed ...

Texas executed Steven Nelson for the 2011 murder of the Rev. Clint Dobson Wednesday night. It is the second execution of the year in the nation.