Few have faced such daunting obstacles and triumphed so beautifully as Margaret of Castello. Born a dwarf with severe physical disabilities, Margaret’s embarrassed parents locked her away, and ...

Margaret of Castello was born blind and with a severe curvature of the spine in 1287. A statue of St. Margaret of Castello at St. Patrick Church in Columbus, Ohio. (photo: Nheyob via Wikimedia (CC ...

The recent canonization of St. Margaret of Castello is a moment of hope and inspiration for people all over the world, but it has local significance here in Columbus, where the parish of St. Patrick ...

Pope Francis has issued a decree declaring the sainthood of Blessed Margaret of Città di Castello, a much-loved Italian Dominican laywoman. The decree is what the Vatican terms an "equipollent" or ...

Many saints have been given the distinction of “Blessed” on their path to canonization, and some people see it as a mere formality that anyone who is beatified will be canonized in relatively short ...

Pope Francis praised the Dominican charisms of preaching and missionary discipleship in a letter marking the 800th anniversary of the death of the order’s founder, St. Dominic Guzman. “Together with ...