You’ve probably heard the basic story by now: buses full of students heading home from the March for Life in Washington D.C. got stuck on a highway because of a blizzard, and while they were waiting they constructed an altar out of snow and held Mass on the...
The martyrdom of a 16th-century Samurai who died for his Catholic faith was beatified in Feb. 2017, making the Japanese warrior one among nine other causes that advanced toward sainthood. Takayama Ukon was born in 1552 in Japan during the time when Jesuit missionaries were becoming introduced within the...
When I first learned of the case for canonization of Louis and Zelie Martin, the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux, I was very intrigued. This couple both wanted to be religious, but met each other and got married instead. They had nine children together, lost four of them at...
So, Christina the Astonishing is sort of a saint. She lived in the late 12th century and early 13th century, right around the time the Church was forming the modern canonization process, and she’s never been been formally canonized. Nonetheless, she was popularly considered a saint for centuries after...
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If you follow U.S. politics, then you know who Newt Gingrich is. He was a member of the House of Representatives for 20 years, including 4 years as Speaker of the House. He also ran an unsuccessful campaign to be the Republican nominee for President in 2012. He’s...
