How St. Ignatius of Antioch "Drop Kicked Me" Into the Catholic Church
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The Little-Known Miracle that Got This Czech Priest Killed by Communists
A priest who witnessed to a miracle in communist Czechoslovakia in the 1940s was tortured and beaten to death for refusing to recant what his parishioners had seen. And now Catholics from the country are honoring his heroic virtue and pushing for him to be recognized as a martyr. At...
"The Sistine Chapel of the East": Romania's Beautiful Voroneț Monastery
Tucked in the small village of Voroneț, Romania, you can find what is known at the “Sistine Chapel of the East”: the great Voroneț Monastery. The Romanian Orthodox Voroneț Monastery is one of a string of “painted monasteries” in Romania, Moldova, and Ukraine, built mostly in the 15th and 16th...
France's Oldest Tree Has an Amazing Catholic Chapel Inside Of It
In the small town of Allouville-Bellefosse, France, you can find one of the world’s most peculiar tree houses. And what makes it even more interesting is that’s used as a Catholic chapel! The big oak tree is believed by scientists to be at least 800 years old – making...
Pope Benedict XVI's Parents Met Through This Unusual Method
Back in 2006, then-Pope Benedict XVI and his brother, Fr. Georg Ratzinger, 82, were surprised to learn that their parents, Joseph and Maria, met through a singles ad their father had placed in local Catholic weekly, Liebfraubote. [See also: The Worst Result of the SCOTUS Marriage Decision Won’t Be...
Edgar Allen Poe's Forgotten Hymn to Our Lady
You probably know Edgar Allen Poe’s dark poetry (“The Raven“) and short stories (“The Tell-Tale Heart“), but did you know that he wrote a hymn to the Blessed Virgin Mary? [See also: 13 Beautiful Non-White Depictions of the Blessed Virgin Mary] [See also: 8 of the Oldest Images of...