Offering Mass in the chapel of his Vatican residence, the Casa Santa Marta, Pope Francis reflected on the day’s first reading from 1 John, the reading for the memorial of St. Catherine of Siena ...

St. Catherine of Siena’s brilliance did not result from her worldly achievements, although we may be tempted to think otherwise. She did not set the world on fire because she brokered peace ...

St. Catherine of Siena was a third-order Dominican, peacemaker and advisor to the Pope. ... She was born in Siena, Italy on the feast of the Annunciation, March 25, 1347.

Rome, Italy, Apr 29, 2024 / 04:00 am. While most people associate St. Catherine with the Italian hill town of Siena, the Dominican doctor of Church is one of the patron saints of Rome and spent ...