The image of St. Agnes, a child clutching her lamb and the palm of martyrdom, adorned the parish of my childhood. It was there I learned, and lost, the faith, and one of my telling memories of the ...

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 ...

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, ...

Because of the nature of her martyrdom, the Church honors St. Agnes as the patron saint of girls, chastity, virgins, and victims of rape. A lamb is wreathed in flowers during a special Mass for the ...