Jesus was thoroughly Jewish. Even so, different cultures and ethnicities have often portrayed Jesus and others from the Bible as being from their group. Sometimes this is done to symbolize the fact that Jesus came for all the nations of the world. Since Christianity for many centuries was based largely...
What a cool group! In the video below, you can see a group of Franciscan Friars Minor perform a song with the food they are preparing to distribute to the poor. If that doesn’t quite make sense to you, just watch! The video description says: “The Friars are so...
There is a “very high” chance that Rome will be attacked by terrorists, warns Italian security official Franco Gabrielli, pointing to Pope Francis and the Vatican as two potential targets. “There is relentless propaganda,” Gabrielli told Italian news outlet il Giornale, referring to propaganda efforts of the Islamic State, “that...
The papacy is one of the most distinctive aspects of Catholicism. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most misunderstood. Note that these myths are about the office of the papacy, not myths about a particular pontiff. Here are 5 of the most common myths about the papacy: Myth 1:...
How did we not already know this?? Fr. Mike Schmitz, beloved speaker and Catholic personality, was almost cast to play Robin in the 1995 film Batman Forever. Yes, really. This amazing fact about Fr. Schmitz was revealed by Sarah Swafford in her introduction for him before his keynote address at...
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