Agnes is one of those seven women (along with Felicity, Perpetua, Agatha, Lucy et al.) mentioned in the First Eucharistic Prayer. All seven were martyrs. We met St. Lucy last month. We’ll meet St.

The stories surrounding St. Agnes’ life and death are varied. We know the place of her burial, her approximate age, and the place where she was martyred. Much less is known about her life, though ...

This morning in the Vatican's Apostolic Palace, in keeping with the tradition for today's feast of St. Agnes, the Pope today blessed two lambs, the wool of which will be used to make the palliums ...

Then he said to them, ‘The sabbath was made for man, not man for the sabbath. That is why the Son of Man is lord even of the sabbath.’” At first glance, this selection from the Gospel of Mark might ...

Two chaste white lambs pomped with ribbons looked at the Pope last week, on the anniversary of St. Agnes’ deathday. They had just come from blessing in the Church of St. Agnes on the Via Nomen-tana, ...

The German cardinal backs an Italian politician’s controversial displays of his Catholic faith and says Pope Francis’ meetings with atheist Eugenio Scalfari are a “vain effort.” Cardinal Gerhard ...

Actress Agnes Moorehead (1900-1974), whom baby boomers fondly remember as Samantha’s mother on the 1960s sitcom “Bewitched,” was born 116 years ago today. Agnes is the Latin form of Greek Hagne, from ...