In my new book, When the Sickle Swings: Stories of Catholics Who Survived Communist Oppression, I document the testimonies of heroic Catholics who kept the faith despite persecution by hostile regimes the world over. I was privileged to interview survivors of...
Padre Pio is one of the most beloved saints in Catholic history. Many know him for having the stigmata or for his ability to bilocate and read hearts in the confessional. The stories of his miracles are inspiring and remind people of the power of God and His Church....
Did you ever wish that the The Sound of Music was real? The heroes /heroines, the nuns saving lives, the incredible family? Did it inspire endless daydreams about what you would do if you'd lived in Europe during WWII? The musical was based on the book Sound of Music...
When I think of the persecuted Christian Church, it is easy to lump all the horrific stories into one overwhelmingly horrible, unsolvable issue and to then pray vaguely for them, without considering the individual stories. At the same time, my own faith can become...
The lives of the saints provide us rich, beautiful sources of instruction in virtue. But there's a particular heroism to be gleaned from stories of the martyrs. Today we present 15 saints - some well known, others, more obscure, but all are admirable for a common...
Ten seconds into this video and you think you’ve seen it before: the sound of firearms, of men shouting in an all too familiar language that we’ve heard over and over again in news sound bites. Twenty seconds into this video and you’re “sympathetic” towards the...
Wenzhou is known, according to CNN, as the Jerusalem of...
Pope Francis recently said, "It is true that during the time of Nero many Christians were persecuted, and today there are just as many." This brief trailer helps us to get a glimpse at this reality. "Love Costs Everything" maps the history of Christian persecution...