How is it possible for someone to condone the enslavement of other human beings? How could anyone justify or tolerate slavery? While twenty-first century Westerners may find it unthinkable, many cultures throughout history have accepted […]
If Saint Mariam Baouardy (1846-1878) had lived in the distant past rather than in the nineteenth century, it would be tempting to think that some of the stories told about her were fiction. Could all […]
Was there a secret to Pope Pius X’s success? Is there a reason that he was able to bring about several important and positive changes in the life of the Church during his relatively brief […]
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 […]
Saint Camillus de Lellis founded a religious order that cares for the sick all over the world. But in the United States, his feast day is translated to another date so that Americans can honor […]
Technically, Antonio Rosmini—who was born in 1797 and who died on July 1, 1855—has only been declared a blessed by the Catholic Church, not (yet) a saint. But even that declaration by the Church was […]
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 […]
Saint Dymphna, whose feast day is May 30, is commonly known as the patron saint of mental illness. But the details we have about Dymphna’s life are very limited, and she herself was not mentally […]
Affection for Blessed Imelda Lambertini, whose feast day is May 12, has spread all over the world since 1910. That’s when Pope Saint Pius X lowered the age of reception of First Holy Communion to […]
For as long as there has been a Church, Church leaders have often found themselves at odds with government leaders. The argument may be over domestic goals, foreign wars, influence peddling, heresies, or inconvenient moral […]
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