These Japanese Catholics Went Underground for 250 Years
In the South, where I live, I periodically meet Christians whose Italian, Irish, or German [...]
One Valiant Woman Kept the Church Alive in Madagascar
The exalted title “Mother of the Church” belongs to our Blessed Lady alone, but her [...]
This Was One Extraordinary Family
“The apple doesn’t fall far from the tree,” we often say of children who mirror [...]
Look Pretty and Have Babies
By Julie Machado On a recent quest to learn improvisation and jazz piano, I discovered [...]
Permission to Die, Mother?
By Patrick Giroux France’s most celebrated martyr, Joan of Arc, was captured at the gates [...]
The Utterly Incredible Story of Thailand’s Martyrs
Consider how you would react if a man in a police uniform barged into the [...]
A Tyrant and a Saint from the Same Small Country
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was largely known for her work in India, so we tend [...]
No Greater Love: the Amish Girls of Nickel Mines
Although the small rural town of West Nickel Mines in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, might not [...]
What a Loving Brother Offered for His Sister
In 1910, a newspaper column carried the following story: Jimmy, age 10, was a devoted [...]
A Criminal Who Vowed to Become Ten Times Worse
A few years ago I met a woman named Carolyn who, with her husband, had [...]