St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe, a Franciscan friar who was murdered by the Nazis in Auschwitz, is one of the 20th century's most notable saints. But behind his trademark glasses, deep devotion to the ...

St. Maximilian Kolbe. Wikimedia Commons/CNA The second reason is that Saint Maximilian Kolbe’s beard is the only first-class relic that exists of him. The rest of his body was incinerated in the ...

Hate is useless. Only love creates!” The last words of St. Maximilian Kolbe, extending his arm to the lethal injection, were: “Ave Maria.” But let’s take a step back, and try to ...

Modern Martyrs of the 20th century St Maximilian Kolbe is one of the ten Modern Martyrs of the 20th century. They were unveiled in 1998 above the west door of the Abbey. The statue was carved by ...

As World War II raged around him in Poland, St. Maximilian Kolbe fought for souls using a printing press and another “weapon” — the Miraculous Medal. “Even though a person be the worst ...

This, however, was no random cell: it was the cell where St. Maximilian Kolbe, a Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, spent his final hours, starved and dehydrated before being administered a ...