What We Believe: The Beauty of the Catholic Faith Video Trailer
One and a half minute trailer for the new video study series from Ascension Pres...
One and a half minute trailer for the new video study series from Ascension Pres...
Christians are called to be intentional disciples who make a conscious decision ...
The prophets of the Old and New Testaments show us that sometimes love demand that we speak truth that people don't want to hear. Jeremiah was thrown...
In this 14 minute podcast, Dr. Italy discusses the inspiring life of the great friend of St. Francis of Assisi, St. Claire. Her name means light or c...
Jesus' call to enter through the narrow door seems to conflict with the idea that God wants all to be saved, that the universal, Catholic Church means...
Isn’t Advent great? Welcome to the season where the only song we sing for four weeks is O Come, O Come, Emmanuel! It’s the best! Advent is...
28 November, 2016Most Americans tend to think of religion as something rather fluid. It’s very common for us to say things like “all religions are basicall...
12 February, 2016From the earliest times, various local churches cherished the memory of its martyrs, observing the anniversaries of their deaths with a commemorative eucharist and special prayers for the various hours of the divine office. Our first evidence for this comes from the second century account of the Martyrdom of St. Polycarp of Smyrna. Lists of martyrs and others saints came to be compiled and shared over the ages. The list used by the Church of Rome was first published under the title The Roman Martyrology in the 16th century. It has been enlarged and revised many times since then. It not only contains the feasts of the saints, but also special formal proclamations of the two greatest feasts of Jesus Christ, his Nativity and his Resurrection. Biography by Dr. Italy