Saint Martin de Porres was born in Lima, Peru in 1579 to Don Juan de Porres, a Spanish nobleman, and Ana Velasquez, a freed daughter of slaves from Panama. At a very young age, his father ...

June 22 marks a quarter century since the death of Servant of God Martin Maria de Porres Ward—the Boston-born Conventual who served in Brazil and is now the latest U.S. Black Catholic up for ...

The sister urged her to begin a novena to Blessed Martin de Porres, who would become the patron saint for public health workers, as well as people of mixed race, innkeepers and social justice ...

The group has previously recreated and unveiled the faces of St. Rose of Lima and St. Juan Macías. The son of a Spanish nobleman and a black slave woman, St. Martin de Porres was born in Lima in ...

A new reconstruction of the face of St. Martin de Porres reveals that the Dominican brother had trouble eating toward the end of his life, due to the fact that he was missing most of his teeth.

About Saint Martin de Porres Academy Saint Martin de Porres Academy is located at the former site of Sacred Heart St. Peter School on Columbus Avenue, which was purchased along with the surrounding ...

On April 23, Bishop Perez will celebrate mass at St. Martin De Porres. To find out how you can support St. Martin De Porres, click here. Download the Cleveland 19 News app and First Alert Weather app.