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One of the greatest heroes of the social justice wing of the Church is, quite rightly, the seventeenth century “slave of the slaves,” St. Peter Claver. Born in Barcelona, Claver joined the Society of Jesus and was known, even as a young man, as a person of deep intelligence and...
We’re assuming this was a mistake? In a now viral photo, Bono from the band U2 can be seen receiving the Eucharist at a Catholic Mass the day after he performed a concert in Bogotá, Colombia. He was apparently staying near the Gimnasio Moderno, a school of boys that...
What an amazing event! Thousands of people from across Poland traveled to their country’s border Saturday (October 7th), forming a human chain around the country, and prayed the Rosary “to save Poland and the world.” “The rosary is a powerful weapon in the fight against evil,” the official website...
The Las Vegas shooting was the deadliest mass shooting in modern American history, leaving at least 58 dead and hundreds injured. But even amidst the evil, there have been stories of heroism and hope. At least one survivor says the harrowing experience has turned him from being an agnostic to...
St. Francis of Assisi is one of the most famous and beloved saints in the Catholic Church, but he’s also one of the most misunderstood. Catholic scholar Samuel Gregg took to Twitter for the feast of St. Francis of Assisi this year to dispel some common myths about the...
It’s hard to think of the Church without Franciscans. But it almost wasn’t so! When Francis and his small band of followers first arrived in Rome in 1209 to seek papal approval, Pope Innocent III was skeptical. For the last few decades, the Church had been having problems...
