
The Pop-Culture Icon of Joan of Arc Is No Match to the Catholic Saint
While secular art projects around the saint are flourishing in the U.S., it is worth remembering that nothing in her work can be explained without God.
While secular art projects around the saint are flourishing in the U.S., it is worth remembering that nothing in her work can be explained without God.
Young girls especially will enjoy the stories of Sts. Joan of Arc, Josephine Bakhita, Kateri Tekakwitha, Narcisa de Jesús, Lucy Yi Zhenmei and Thérèse of Lisieux.
COMMENTARY: The day will come when God will judge each one of us. But who we are in the eyes of God is not someone that any one of us can know.
We must ask God for the gift of fortitude, for we know that the victory has already been won.
Mark Twain’s book on St. Joan of Arc shows that God can work spectacularly through the unlikeliest of candidates, whether humble maidens or skeptical authors.
‘Christ's call to conversion continues to resound in the lives of Christians. This second conversion is an uninterrupted task for the whole Church …’ (CCC 1428)
Starting from this end of 2022, the intercession novena prayer “Jeanne 2031” will be extended until the celebration of the sixth centenary of the saint’s death, in 2031.
Shakespeare’s Globe theater is reinventing the story of the French-Catholic heroine, to the dismay of critics.
St. Joan of Arc has been named the patroness of soldiers, martyrs, captives and the nation of France.
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