“It is not enough to be nice. You have to be good.” ~Sir Roger Scruton
Permission to Die, Mother?
By Patrick Giroux France’s most celebrated martyr, Joan of [...]
Seven Martyrs from the Heart of One Family
The Second Book of Maccabees, Chapter 7, recounts the [...]
The Utterly Incredible Story of Thailand’s Martyrs
Consider how you would react if a man in [...]
No Greater Love: the Amish Girls of Nickel Mines
Although the small rural town of West Nickel Mines [...]
What a Loving Brother Offered for His Sister
In 1910, a newspaper column carried the following story: [...]
A Criminal Who Vowed to Become Ten Times Worse
A few years ago I met a woman named [...]
Human Suffering and Places In the Heart
[This article follows from the email newsletter of June [...]
The Sweetest Hymn for the Sweetest Gift
If you page through a traditional Catholic hymnbook you [...]
Stories of Joan of Arc at Orléans
Arguably history’s most beloved and fascinating saint, we sometimes [...]
The Clothes Make the Man
A few years ago I had the privilege of [...]
The Inspiring Story Behind the “Praying Hands”
It is impossible to know from external appearances what [...]
The Living Crucifix of Bavaria
The Church has always proclaimed the Cross of Christ [...]
The Suicide Catcher of Nanjing
“The prosperity of a nation is everyone’s responsibility.” ~Chinese proverb [...]
The Extraordinary Heroism of a Chinese Mother
If you were to consult a dictionary for terms [...]
A Father’s Love Remains to the End
The first recorded piece of human art is believed [...]
In The Bleak Midwinter Christ Comes to Us as Family
The 19th century poet Christina Rossetti (1830-1894) gave the [...]
The Miraculous Conversion of a Rabid Nazi
The life story of the German Franciscan priest, Fr. [...]
A Modern Day Maria Goretti
Living in a politically and socially divided country, it [...]
The Hidden Heroes of the Titanic Disaster
While doing research for a book on leadership, I [...]
A New Look at Patience as a Virtue
One of my favorite spiritual writers is the 20th [...]
St. Peter Chanel’s Mission Was a Total Failure – Or Was It?
When the annals of effective Christian missionaries are written, [...]
A Tyrant and a Saint from the Same Small Country
Mother Teresa of Calcutta was largely known for her [...]