Saint Maximilian Kolbe, the Polish Franciscan priest, missionary and martyr, will soon be celebrated throughout the Church on his feast day, August 14. The saint died in the concentration camp at ...

On July 29, the Auschwitz Memorial published historical photos chronicling the sacrifice of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who died in that Nazi concentration camp on August 14, 1941. On July 29, 1941, after a ...

After a month-long vacation that was interrupted by his trip to Australia for World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI resumed his general audiences Aug. 13. He met with a group of pilgrims and local ...

A visit to the American shrine to St. Maximilian Kolbe in Libertyville, Illinois. The Our Lady of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel and images of the martyred saint in Libertyville, Illinois, pay tribute ...

St. Maximilian Kolbe is depicted in a stained-glass window at St. Josaphat Church in the Queens borough of New York City. The Polish priest gave his life in place of a young father condemned to ...

The relic of St. Maximilian Kolbe, who exchanged his life for that of another prisoner at the Nazi concentration camp of Auschwitz. in German occupied Poland, will be on display at Our Lady of the ...

The 84th anniversary of the death of St. Maximilian Maria Kolbe- a Polish Franciscan priest who, during the Second World War, volunteered to die in place of a fellow prisoner, Franciszek Gajowniczek ...

One small photograph represents a big blessing for Ann Beall, director of The Saint Maximilian Kolbe Center for Life. The picture of Baby Aubrey, born in late April, is the culmination of months of ...

This is the second in a series of articles written about St. Maximilian Kolbe—The Saint and Hero at Auschwitz in view of his 84th death anniversary. As St. Maximilian Kolbe’s vision for the Militia of ...

‘We wanted, however, to visit also a Pole who had been residing there for a long time, Mr. Roszkowski, proprietor of the Nippon Restaurant. We left the harbour, therefore, turned right, and, after ...