Pope Francis has decreed that St. Faustina Kowalska's feast day be added to the Roman Calendar as an optional memorial to be celebrated by all on October 5. The Vatican Congregation for Divine Worship ...

A new film about the life of St. Faustina and the Divine Mercy message revealed to her by Jesus will be shown in theaters for one day only, on Oct. 28. Love and Mercy: Faustina is set to run in more ...

On this day the Catholic Church remembers St. Faustina Kowalska, 1905-1938. "Sister Mary Faustina, an apostle of the Divine Mercy, belongs today to the group of the most popular and well-known saints ...

Saint Faustina, born Helen Kowalska, was a Polish nun and mystic who died in 1938 at the age of 33 and was canonized by Pope John Paul II in April 2000. She lived much of her life in the obscurity of ...

The Rev. Gus Puleo submitted this column prior to his death on April 3, 2024. He served as director of the English as a Second Language (ESL) program and the Spanish Department at St. Charles Borromeo ...

Many interpreted the choice of Krakow, Poland, for World Youth Day 2016 as a tribute to Pope St. John Paul II, whose pastoral experience in Krakow inspired him to create a recurring event that shows ...

A Catholic basilica in one of the towns most-damaged by an earthquake in Croatia last December recently received a relic of St. Faustina Kowalska. The relic of the Divine Mercy saint was donated to ...

Sunday is the Feast of The Divine Mercy, a devotion to the merciful love of God. The devotion arose from apparitions of Jesus seen by St. Faustina Kowalska. (Credit: CNS.) Listen ROME – Sunday is the ...

Statue of St. Faustina Kowalska in Rome’s Church of the Holy Spirit in Saxony. VATICAN—Pope Francis has decreed that St. Faustina Kowalska’s feast day be added to the Roman Calendar as an optional ...