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March 2018

March 07, 2018

Matt LeFleur is a great hero

I've been honored to know him on Facebook and am so proud of him! Here's...

March 07, 2018

Your moment of heartbreaking beauty for the day

This post has gone viral on Facebook: Marissa Schimmoeller Today was really hard for me....

August 2017

August 31, 2017

Mattress Mack, Catholic Hero of Houston

Wonderful story on a man who "went to Catholic schools and I believe in giving...

June 2017

June 17, 2017

There’s a new biography out about Irena Sendler…

...who saved 2500 Jewish children from death during the Holocaust. She personifies the truth that...

July 2016

July 11, 2016

Hero of the Day

Muslim Man Hugs ISIS Suicide Bomber Moments Before Detonation, Saves Hundreds of Lives Greater love...

July 07, 2016

Mother Olga Yaqob is a healer and a peacemaker

Survivor of four wars brings the light of Christ to Boston. It will be fascinating,...

July 05, 2016

Belgian Catholic Care Home fined…

...for refusing euthanasia. Bravo, Catholic caregivers!

June 2016

June 15, 2016

Another hopeful sign…

...as Southern Baptists give the Confederate flag the heave-ho. Russell Moore has the details. Here...

June 04, 2016

Thank Goodness that, as Donald Trump’s Ascendancy has Shown…

....that ugly legacy of racism no longer exists. Indeed, as Trump's valiant youth of serial...

June 03, 2016

Harriet Tubman: Christian Hero, Great American…

...and the gutsiest badass to ever grace American money. She's a great addition to the...

May 2016

May 17, 2016

Couple Fosters 31 drug-addicted infants in 20 years

Grace is dark matter and saints are hidden everywhere.

May 16, 2016

Vatican Unveils Plaque in Honor of Msgr. Hugh O’Flaherty

He was the Irish priest who saved 6500 lives, most of them Jewish, from the...

December 2015

December 26, 2015

Genuine Christian Courage

...is seen in these gutsy nuns working in Mali.

December 17, 2015

Send a Note to Mary Wagner…

...prolife prisoner of conscience. She's a genuine hero of the prolife movement.

November 2015

November 18, 2015

An Act of Reparation for My Mean Mean Unfairness

I so often hear the complaint that my criticism of the anti-abortion-but-not-prolife Right unfairly focuses...

September 2015

September 10, 2015

I’ve had the honor of meeting Gianna Jessen

Here she is, doing battle with Murder Inc. as a faithful witness to the value...

May 2015

May 26, 2015

An Open Letter from Mary Wagner

...one of the staunchest prolife activists in the People's Republic of Canuckistan. For background on...

April 2015

April 23, 2015

God Bless This Heroic Cop

An armed double murderer who had just killed his wife and best friend attempts to...

April 09, 2015

HAR-RI-ET! HAR-RI-ET! HAR-RI-ET!

They've narrowed down the list of finalists for the $20 bill to Eleanor Roosevelt, Harriet...

February 2015

February 16, 2015

Dad Refuses to Give Up Son with Down Syndrome

The man is a hero.

October 2014

October 30, 2014

Beautiful and Heroic Sacrifice

Marine Corps mom sacrifices her own cancer treatment so that her child can live. God...

October 29, 2014

Diocese of Raleigh Seminarian with terminal brain cancer responds to Brittany Maynard

The Diocese of Raleigh writes: Philip Johnson, a 30-year-old Catholic seminarian from the Diocese of...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Fr. Angelo Mary Geiger Continues to Fight the Good Fight

...in defense of the Faith and the Holy Father against Reactionary enemies of both. God...

January 2014

January 22, 2014

Eternal Memory, Fr. Tom Kraft, OP

Today is the fifth anniversary of his death. Here is a little piece I wrote...

January 10, 2014

Eternal Memory

Call to Honor Pakistani Boy in Fatal Tackle of a Bomber ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Aitzaz...

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