As he lay on his deathbed—his right hand holding high the Holy Crown—Stephen prayed, asking Our Lady to be the Queen of the Hungarians. As part of the investigation leading up to the ...

Throughout the centuries, the Hungarian people have cherished St. Stephen’s right hand (called the Holy Dexter) — lopped off by pagan rebels in 1061 and since 1862 stored in a beautiful neo ...

Before he was put to death, Stephen had a vision of Christ in glory. “Look,” he told the Jewish court. “I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!” ...

Vatican City, May 2, 2012 / 12:12 pm. As he reflected on the life and death of St. Stephen, the first Christian martyr, Pope Benedict said that reading Sacred Scripture helps develop a prayerful ...

Stephen, however, remained unperturbed because he was “full of the Holy Ghost.” He told his persecutors, “I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.” ...

St. Stephen's Episcopal Church is in the midst of a $2.1 million capital campaign for building renovations and campus expansion. However, church leaders decided to keep the crooked cross atop ...

Brother Stephen Walsh, a former Holy Cross School headmaster who also was president of St. Edward's University in Austin, Texas, died Jan. 10 at St. David's South Austin Medical Center ...

And a fantastic thing took place, that one day while he was praying, the Lord Himself, Father, Son and Holy Spirit appeared to him. It’s a fantastic thing because, even the Synaxarion makes mention, ...