Israel had just prevailed in the Six-Day War the previous year. Egypt lost the Sinai Peninsula to Israel. On both sides, passions were high and people were scared. The whole Middle East was in turmoil. And it was in the midst of this chaos that Our Lady appeared. [See also:...
If you ever visit the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, be sure to turn your gaze to the upper-story windows on the main facade. Just beneath the window on the right, you’ll find a ladder. At first it might seem like a simple ladder of little account,...
One of the great surprises of the late 20th century was that the totalitarian, atheistic U.S.S.R. fell without a war, and that the very Catholic Church the communists hated so much played such a big role. Lithuania’s famous Hill of Crosses is a symbol of that...
You may have read about it already: it’s being reported that Justice Antonin Scalia was surrounded by members of a centuries-old secret society when he suddenly died in the middle of the night. Secret Society? Politically important death? No autopsy? You can imagine the fun conspiracy theorists can have...
When you think about abortion in the United States, you probably think of the Supreme Court’s 1973 ruling in Roe v. Wade. But abortion had been a problem for long before then. The laws Roe v. Wade struck down had been enacted in the 19th century after the discovery...
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