Learn about the process of canonization in Making Saints by Kenneth Woodward, the religion editor of Newsweek. Click on the image above to order.

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Heroic virtue is not the exclusive domain of the past. Red about modern-day witnesses to the faith in Catholic Martyrs of the Twentieth Century by Robert Royal. Click on the image above to order.

 

 

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St. John of Damascus
Anonymous Greek icon

December 4

John of Damascus (died 749) was the last of the Greek Fathers and the first in the East to formulate a comprehensive synthesis of Chrsitian teachings. He defended the veneration of icons, composed hymns and preached many homilies in honor of Mary, especially her assumption.

 

 

 

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