There’s a new trend of refugees from Muslim countries converting to Christianity in Germany, according to a fascinating report by The Atlantic. Some converts had already secretly converted before coming to Germany, but were unable to convert while in their home country. Others were inspired by the kindness of...
Church bells started ringing again for the first time in two years in the newly liberated Iraqi town of Bartella. Iraqi forces have been gaining ground against ISIS recently, particularly in a push to retake the major city of Mosul. Mosul, which some estimate to have a population of around...
Well at least the church and artist had good intentions! Vandals broke off and stole the head of the Baby Jesus from a statue at a Catholic church in Sudbury, Ontario in Canada last year. Replacing the whole statue would have cost around 10,000 Canadian dollars, so for months...
Pope St. John Paul II is considered by many to be one of the Church’s truly great popes. Reigning as the Vicar of Christ for more than 26 years, he died at the ripe old age of 84. But did you know he was nearly killed at least 4...
St. Teresa of Avila was a 16th century Spanish mystic and is honored today as a Doctor of the Church for her incredible insight into the spiritual life. And in her prayers and meditations, she regularly came in contact with the demonic. “An abominable form,” she writes of how the...
If you take a careful look at a list of the books C.S. Lewis authored, one thing stands out: almost all of his best apologetic works were written in the 1940s, while his famous children’s fiction series, Narnia, was written in the 1950s. One of Lewis’ closest friends...
