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Classroom.

Can classical education save us from victimhood culture?

Dec 31, 2016

By Mary Farrow

"I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."  Read more

What do you say to a homeless person? Advice from Catholic urban missionaries

Dec 30, 2016

It’s a common sight at a city intersection. A man or a woman holds a cardboard sign: “Homeless, Hungry. Please... Read more

Here's what the Catholic Church has to say about your paycheck

Dec 29, 2016

By Adelaide Mena

“To defraud anyone of wages that are his due is a great crime which cries to the avenging anger of... Read more

Was there a deeper network behind the 'Catholic Spring'?

Dec 28, 2016

By Kevin J. Jones

A reputed “Catholic Spring” surfaced in the news this fall, after hacked emails from John Podesta, Hillary Clinton’s campaign manager,... Read more

Watch the new Christmas music video released by the Dominican friars

Dec 24, 2016

If you're itching to welcome in the yuletide with Christmas carols, a new album released by the friars of the... Read more

Mother and child.

How a simple idea helped 7,000 homeless pregnant women

Dec 23, 2016

Christopher Bell was in his twenties and living in Times Square when he heard something that sounded like the voice... Read more

You probably know someone who's been domestically abused.

Dec 23, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Every minute, 20 people in the United States alone are victims of intimate partner violence.  Read more

Fr. Donald Calloway. Screenshot.

He was a runner for the Japanese mafia. Now he's a Catholic priest.

Dec 22, 2016

By Mary Farrow

Fr. Donald Calloway could give St. Augustine a run for his money, in terms of dramatic conversion stories.    Read more

Why there's a backlash against solitary confinement in US prisons

Dec 22, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Kalief Browder was 16 years old when he entered the notorious Rikers Island prison in New York, awaiting trial for... Read more

St. John Paul II, circa 1991.

This man was 9 years-old when he saw John Paul II get shot

Dec 21, 2016

By Adelaide Mena

Thirty-five years after Saint John Paul II was shot in St. Peter’s Square, a witness on the from the front... Read more

Pre-trial detention center.

In the US, a request for asylum could essentially land you in prison

Dec 20, 2016

By Matt Hadro

With the number of displaced persons at its highest ever recorded – more than after World War II – troubling... Read more

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Could this save Catholic marriage prep?

Dec 19, 2016

By Matt Hadro

With high divorce rates among Catholic couples – and marriage rates plummeting among millennials – Church leaders are scrambling to... Read more

Julia Greeley.

For the ex-slave who blessed Denver, a path to sainthood opens

Dec 18, 2016

Julia Greeley was born into slavery in Hannibal, Missouri. But her cause for sainthood was opened on Sunday in Denver,... Read more

Hitler.

The astonishing secret history of the Pope who fought Hitler

Dec 18, 2016

By Kevin J. Jones

Pope Pius XII's secret support for the attempted overthrow of Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler is the subject of a new... Read more

Elizabeth Smart.

Elizabeth Smart on captor's porn use: 'It just led to him raping me more'

Dec 18, 2016

Elizabeth Smart, who drew the nation’s attention when she was abducted from her home at age 14, said that her... Read more

Too many people misunderstand the 'vegetative state'

Dec 17, 2016

By Mary Farrow

Martin Pistorius was a healthy 12-year-old boy living in South Africa with his family in the late 1980s when he... Read more

Public domain.

Why Catholics are leaving the faith by age 10 – and what parents can do about it

Dec 17, 2016

By Matt Hadro

Young Catholics are leaving the faith at an early age – sometimes before the age of 10 – and their... Read more

The Catholic Church desperately needs artists.

Dec 17, 2016

By Mary Farrow

“Man can live without science, he can live without bread, but without beauty he could no longer live, because there... Read more

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Record-breaking year for the Coming Home Network

Dec 16, 2016

Dedicated to serving Catholic converts, the network Coming Home, will meet the closing of the year with record-breaking membership numbers,... Read more