Saint Padre Pio's story can sound like something from the Middle Ages, yet he lived until 1968. People who met him are still within living memory, photographs and recordings of him exist, and millions continue to visit the place where he lived. His life included extraordinary suffering, the stigm

Before Saint Francis of Assisi became one of the most beloved saints in history, he was a young man who wanted many of the same things people chase today: money, popularity, adventure, recognition, and success. Born around 1181 or 1182 in Assisi, Italy, Francis was the son of a wealthy cloth merc

What if one of the most influential men in history became powerful by walking away from power? More than 1,500 years ago, a young man named Benedict looked at the world around him and saw something that might feel surprisingly familiar today. Society was unstable. Morality was weakening. Politica