Saints of the Americas

Read stories of saints from the Americas!

The Catholic Church's strength and vigor is nowhere more visible than in North and South America, where the Catholic faith claims the allegiance of hundreds of millions of people. Saints of the Americas features stories of saints told through "conversations" between the authors and the saints. These martyrs and monks, laypeople and clergy, mystics and activists are honored for their holiness and remembered for their prodigious accomplishments in evangelizing two continents while bringing a renewed vitality to the ancient church.

Saints of the Americas book features stories of saints from fifteen countries in the Western Hemisphere -- from the nations of Central and South America and the Caribbean to the United States and Canada. Included are the stories of saints such as Salvadoran martyr Oscar Romero, Venezuelan physician and healer José Gregorio Hernández, Costa Rican social activist María Romero Meneses, and many others.

The stories of these American saints celebrate the emerging Catholicism of the Americas, a richly diverse faith unified in its dynamic American identity.