Did You Know? The Patron Saints for All 50 States
As Catholics, we ask for the intercession of patron saints in Heaven to pray for us on our behalf. Do you know the patron saint to pray to for your state?
What Was Actually Inside The Ark of the Covenant?
The Ark of the Covenant is perhaps the most famous biblical relic of all. Most people know it held the tablets of the 10 Commandments, but what else was actually placed inside it?
Long Lost Poem by J. R. R. Tolkien Is a Beautiful...
Discovered in 2016, this long lost poem penned by J. R. R. Tolkien of fantasy acclaim is a beautiful Christmas prayer to the Virgin Mary.
This 700-Year Christian Tattoo Shop in Jerusalem Has Been Tattooing Pilgrims...
Pilgrimage tattoos are an ancient tradition for Christians, stemming back hundreds of years to the persecution of Coptic Christians under Islamic rule. While the practice has fallen out of popularity, one tattoo shop in Old Jerusalem has been keeping it alive for over 700 years.
The Lenten “Beer Only Fast” Practiced by German Monks
Fasting from certain foods has been always been an integral part of Lenten practices. 400 years ago, strict ascetic monks in Germany, who observed a Lenten fast year round, invented a "beer only" fast for Lent as a special form of abstinence beyond what they already observed.
Saint J. R. R. Tolkien? It’s Entirely Possible
Could legendary fantasy author of the best-selling novel ever written and fierce Catholic, J. R. R. Tolkien become a saint? Learn why it's possible
Peter Was the First Pope, but Who Was the Second Pope?
Every Catholic faithful to the one true Church knows that Saint Peter was the first pope. As we see in Matthew 16:18, Jesus Christ...
Ten Things That Forgive Venial Sins, According to Aquinas
As Catholics, we know penance is a virtue. Here are ten things that can cause the remission of venial sins, according to Aquinas.
Inside The Nazareth House Where Both Mary and Jesus Grew Up
In the Church, we venerate the Virgin Mary as the greatest of Saints. However, the New Testament offers us little in the ways of Mary's early history. Traditionally, it is believed that the house they both grew up in is enshrined in the Basilica of the Holy House in Loreto, Italy.
Was There Really Darkness and an Earthquake at the Crucifixion? 3...
When Christ was Crucified, a great and unusual darkness struck the land, and an earthquake split rock in twain. While today some may dismiss the Gospel's recounting of the events as imaginative fiction, what secular evidence do we have to support the Crucifixion darkness?
