St. Pio of Pietrelcina, most commonly known as St. Padre Pio, was one of the Church’s greatest saint of the mid-20th century. There are reports that he could “read souls” (e.g., miraculously know the sins of those who came to him for the Sacrament of Confession), bi-locate, and...
I cannot recall a time when I was not aware of God in my life. While other little boys were planning to be firemen or police, I often said, even at age seven or eight, “I want to be the Pope!” I jumped at the chance to become an altar...
A person can never get enough of the great Apostle of Common Sense. Enjoy! 1) “A dead thing can go with the stream, but only a living thing can go against it.” The Everlasting Man, 1925 2) “Fallacies do not cease to be fallacies because they become fashions.” ILN, 4/...
This article originally appeared on Fr. Dwight Longenecker’s blog “Standing on My Head,” and is reprinted with permission. Visit his website, browse his books, and be in touch at dwightlongenecker.com. I’ll call him Fr. John. He was a charismatic Anglo Catholic priest. A friend of my brother...
Gertrude Weaver celebrated her 116th birthday in the summer of 2014. After the Gerontology Research Group found a 1900 Census form that listed her as two years old at the time, confirming her age, Weaver is now officially the oldest confirmed living American today, the 2nd oldest confirmed living person...
The great 4th century deacon and hymn-writer St. Ephrem of Syria meditated on the great paradox of the Son of God nursing at the breast of his human mother: When [Jesus] sucked the milk of Mary, He was suckling all with Life. While He was lying on His Mother’s...
