Can We All Be Louisianans? It Would Be Good for Life Whitewashing History I love Saint Catherine of Siena and I love reading through her writings. For years, my copy of The Classics of Western ...

When St. Catherine of Siena was alive in the 14th century in ... she doesn't hold anything back," McDermott said. But while her dialogues contain punchy critiques of the clergy, she also urged ...

St. Catherine of Siena has a reasonably earned reputation as a spitfire. She famously persuaded Pope Gregory XI to return to Rome from Avignon, and she played a critical political role between the ...

April 29 is the memorial of St. Catherine of Siena. She is a saint, a mystic and a doctor of the Church, as well as a patroness of Italy and of Europe. Who was she, and why is her life so significant?

As a young girl, Catherine often went to a cave near her home in Siena to meditate, fast, and pray. At about age 7, she claimed to have seen a vision of Jesus with Peter, Paul, and John the ...