Most of what we know about St. Anthony the Great comes from a biography written by St. Athanasius (himself a great saint) called The Life of St. Anthony. In it, we learn about the epic spiritual battles that this 3rd-4th century monk was fighting out in the desert by himself...
On July 6th, a new smartphone game Pokémon GO was released (iOS and Android). As an augmented reality game, it has players travel about their real-world communities looking for pokémon and other game items, which appear on their smartphone when they reach certain real-world locations. And it just so happens...
Did you know the Church used to do things like this? The video (at the bottom of this article) is a news report about an amazing event called “Catholic Day” that took place in Germany in 1949. It was the 73rd time the event had occurred but was the first...
The Ark Encounter, a life-size replica of Noah’s ark described in Genesis, officially opens on July 7th in Grant county, Kentucky. Built to the specifications given in the Bible, the giant wooden ark is 510 feet long, 85 feet wide, and 51 feet high, making it the largest timber-frame...
Priests should consider celebrating Mass ad orientem starting the first Sunday of Advent this year, Cardinal Robert Sarah told the Sacra Liturgia conference in London on Wednesday. “It is very important,” he told the attendees, mostly priests, “that we return as soon as possible to a common orientation, of priests...
Elisha the prophet had become a menace to the king of Syria. Syria and Israel were at war, and yet Israel always seemed to anticipate the Syrian army’s movements. At first the Syrian king wanted to know which of his advisors was treacherously passing information to the enemy. But...
