How should the Church respond to heretics? Of course, it depends on the person, situation, and historical context. Nonetheless, it can still be helpful to look to precedent. There’s one story that goes all the back to the beginnings of the Church of how the Apostle John responded to...
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Did you know a pope issued the world’s first public smoking ban? It was the 16th century, and Europeans had just brought back something very popular from the New World: tobacco. As its use spread around Europe, questions arose about when it was appropriate to use. Apparently, some people...
Was Pope Pius XII “Hitler’s Pope”? Or was he a determined opponent of Nazism? The debate should be settled for good now that new research shows the Vatican not only saved the lives of thousands of Jews, but also worked to assassinate Hitler. The National Geographic Channel is airing...
Of the 12 Apostles appointed by Jesus, 10 of them died as martyrs. Judas, the traitor, took his own life. But the last Apostle to die, John, met a very different fate. Living nearly to the very end of the 1st century, he died of natural causes – and it was...
Perhaps you’ve come across this image before and thought, “What in the world?” Known as the “Lactation of St. Bernard,” it usually shows Our Lady holding the infant Jesus with one hand, exposing one her breasts with her other hand, and squirting breast milk at St. Bernard of Clairvaux...
