In centuries past, the great missionaries of the Church—many now canonized saints—traveled to the far ends of the earth to bring Christ to those the Church once called pagans. The dangers were not exaggerated. Months […]
The 38th (Irish) Brigade marches at the Vatican in June 1944. / Credit: Imperial War Museum
Rome Newsroom, Jun 12, 2024 / 15:30 pm (CNA).
Bagpipers solemnly marched through St. Peter’s Square on Wednesday to mark the 80th anniversary of a histo… […]
The Vatican Museums. / Credit: Daniel Ibáñez/CNA
Rome Newsroom, Nov 10, 2023 / 09:23 am (CNA).
The Vatican Museums have announced a series of novelties beginning both this month and after the new year, in anticipation of the 2025 Jubilee Year.B… […]
“Brace yourself!” reads one of those memes going around Catholic Twitter that shows the actor Sean Bean as Tolkien’s Boromir looking into the wind. It continues, “Bad Mary Magdalene takes are coming.” Though I prepared […]
Clues and evidence of historical events are everywhere. Sometimes we forget that history isn’t confined to textbooks; its influences and repercussions are all around us, from the floor plans of our homes, to the roads […]
Many readers of Karl Keating’s 1054 and All That: A Lighthearted History of the Catholic Church might be tempted to see the book as little more than an amusing chronology of the Church history no […]
Christopher Dawson, though he never earned the doctorate nor held a permanent university post, was recognized in his day as one of Europe’s most profound thinkers. He delivered the Gifford Lectures in 1947, he served […]
Implementing Laudato Si – Bethany Land Institute integrates environment and economics in Uganda. Restoring God’s Creation (Notre Dame University) The Rise of the Biomedical Security State – Every few years a book comes along…that hits […]
Labor Day 2022 is upon us, and in the past, labor priests like Fathers Peter Yorke, John Ryan, Charles Own Rice, Andy Boss, SJ, Phillip Carey, SJ, John Corridan, SJ, Raymond McGowan, George Higgins, Jack […]
Dr. Christopher Shannon is a member of the History Department at Christendom College and author and co-author of several books. His most recent book is American Pilgrimage: A Historical Journey through Catholic Life in a […]
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