Many unnamed Christians died in the city of Rome due to a brutal persecution under the Roman emperor Nero in the year 64 and are now known as the “First Martyrs of Rome”. Men and […]
There are many reasons to celebrate the feast of Saint Augustine of Hippo on August 28. One obvious reason is that Augustine (354-430) was the bishop of Hippo (now Annaba, Algeria) during a tumultuous time […]
The year 1968 was a dramatic one, all over the world. In 1968, the president of Peru was deposed in a military coup. His successor lasted several years until he was also deposed during a […]
The year 1936 marks the beginning of a horrific civil war in Spain. Perhaps you, like me, have no memory of learning about the Spanish Civil War in high school history class. After all, the […]
Mary of Magdala, Mary Magdalene, the Magdalene: whatever you call her, she has been one of the most beloved Catholic saints for almost two millennia. Artists have painted her portrait. Well, since she probably died […]
The diocesan priest Luigi Lenzini was killed for his Catholic faith in 1945, a few months after World War II was over. If he died as a martyr more than seven decades ago, why wasn’t […]
On July 9th, the Church remembered the heroic lives and deaths of 120 Chinese martyrs. These men, women, and children died between the years 1648 and 1930. But the practice of the Christian faith did […]
What would you do if you were a college student already saddled with college debt and found out that you were pregnant? Or if you were an immigrant with a job but no family, and […]
There are many sights to see in Washington, D.C. You can view the only Leonardo da Vinci painting on public view in the Americas at the National Gallery of Art. You can walk among giant […]
Fifty years from now, which of our current political and Church leaders will be remembered and honored by Catholics in the U.S.? Perhaps the Catholics of Romania can help us form an answer to that […]
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