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 […]
Is feminism good or bad? What is feminism? What is the role of women in culture? Or even more fundamentally: what is a woman? Arguments over these questions have become so contentious that it’s dangerous […]
What would you do if someone you knew claimed to be a Christian but also professed beliefs that were dangerous to his health, his relationships, and even his salvation? Dominic de Guzman’s response was to […]
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 […]
Our culture insists on a very broad definition of the word “victim”. By secular standards (and according to a popular online dictionary), anyone who has suffered harm at the hands of another is considered a […]
Did Mary of Magdala, who is celebrated by the Church on July 22nd, sell her body as a prostitute before she sold her soul to the devil? We don’t have a lot of details about […]
Why Rome? Why has Rome, along with the rest of Italy, been the home of so many saints and blesseds throughout the history of the Church? It’s impossible to arrive at a precise total for […]
When Pope Francis surprised the Catholic world on October 7, 2021, announcing that he was about to make Saint Irenaeus of Lyon a Doctor of the Church, the reasons he gave weren’t that surprising. After […]
Should the pro-life community commemorate the date of the greatest defeat for the protection of unborn children in America: January 22, 1973? Or should pro-lifers celebrate the day of the greatest victory for the unborn: […]
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