When Ellen Organ died at the age of four, the adults who knew her considered her to be a saint. More people began to believe in Ellen’s sanctity when her body was found to be […]
How many martyrs have there been in the history of the Catholic Church? This turns out to be a more complicated question than one might think. Take, for example, the group known collectively as the […]
On January 24, the Catholic Church celebrates Saint Francis de Sales, the famous bishop of Geneva and patron saint of the Catholic press. But why is a priest who is best known for his spiritual […]
Hundreds of thousands of people have joined Fr. Mike Schmitz’s “The Bible in a Year” podcast over the past two years to try to grow in their knowledge of God and the Bible. Ascension Press […]
For many people today, the controversy over the Catholic Church’s treatment of Galileo Galilei has only one lesson: faith and science are incompatible. After all, according to this argument, consider how the Church treated a […]
The Catholic Church does something that sounds rather odd on November 18. On that date, the universal Church invites us to celebrate the dedication of the Churches of Saints Peter and Paul in Rome, which […]
Why do images of Saint Martin of Tours almost always show him riding a horse? And why is the Ukrainian saint Josaphat Kuntsevych generally shown carrying a strangely shaped weapon? We Catholics often use holy […]
Has your state formally recognized November 7 as Victims of Communism Memorial Day? Five US states (Alabama, Florida, Texas, Utah, and Virginia) have done so, and eight more (Arizona, Arkansas, Idaho, Illinois, Missouri, New Jersey, […]
Calumny, according to the glossary of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, is a “false statement which harms the reputation of others and gives occasion for false judgments concerning them.” The sin of calumny is […]
Once upon a time, bishops were often chosen by popular acclamation. That is, when the office of bishop was empty and the people had gathered to choose a new one, crowds would shout out the […]
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