There are few personalities among the saints as stirring and passionate as St. Bonaventure. Born in 13th century Italy, he encountered the Franciscan order at a young age entering the…

Returning to our series on books every Catholic should read, we move into the Middle Ages. Our next book comes from the most important figure of the Middle Ages: St….

I shall lead them forth from the Gentiles, and I shall gather them from foreign lands; I shall bring them into their own land, and I shall feed them on…

Hear your bishop, that God may hear you. My life is a sacrifice for those who are obedient to the bishop, the presbyters and the deacons; and may it be…

The sin of Adam had come into all men. Through one man, the Apostle says, sin entered and through sin, death. Thus it has come to all men. Therefore, the…

After the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD, the European continent suffered a period of utter chaos. Institutional government was replaced with anarchy, violent raids were commonplace,…

There are few writers in history as inspiring and influential as St. Augustine. A prolific author, brilliant theologian and passionate preacher, his works number among the most significant in Western…

I am often asked, “What happened to the Apostles and other disciples after the New Testament?” Although many of us are familiar with the lives of Christians as recounted in…

Blessed John Henry Newman once wrote, “To be deep in history is to cease to be a Protestant.” This assertion is very much validated by the next group of authors…