The world was shocked when Pope Pius IX defined the dogma of the Immaculate Conception in 1854. While Protestants rejected the teaching outright, even many Catholics objected to the pope’s decision. Exalting the role of […]
For people of faith, news about the latest scientific studies is often alarming or depressing. Granted, there are always many doctors and scientists performing basic research in important fields. But the topics most frequently reported […]
On November 11, the universal Church remembers the great Saint Martin of Tours, and Martin’s importance in the Church calendar is certainly justified. That holy French bishop has been inspiring Catholics to care for the […]
“For a bishop, as God’s steward, must be blameless.”1 When Saint Paul wrote these words to Saint Titus in the first century, he was reminding Titus to be careful in his appointment of bishops for […]
Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin, the Little Flower, Doctor of the Church—whatever you call her, Saint Thérèse of Lisieux is one of the most popular Catholic saints in the world. If a given Catholic church has any statues […]
On September 17, the Catholic Church remembers Saint Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179), a Benedictine abbess who was named a Doctor of the Church by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. But Saint Hildegard was more than […]
There have been movies made and books written about Corrie Ten Boom, and a TV series was recently released about Miep Gies. But those two brave women were not the only ones who risked their […]
On the night of September 2nd and in the early hours of September 3rd in 1792, 116 Catholic men were slaughtered. While 115 of them have been beatified, one has also been canonized. Why did […]
The Italian city of Milan has been blessed with many saintly shepherds over the centuries. From Saint Ambrose in the fourth century to Saint Paul VI in the twentieth, many archbishops of Milan have later […]
Have you ever had the unpleasant experience of listening to an acquaintance unjustifiably criticize someone you consider a friend? It’s shocking when we realize how human beings can completely misunderstand one another. This happens not […]
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