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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Review: When Hell Was in Session - Ray NothstineWorld Net Daily Books has republished the classic When Hell Was in Session, the chilling account of Admiral Jeremiah Denton's almost eight years as a prisoner of war of the North Vietnamese (1965-1973). Read more... Revisiting a Vision - Len FilppuI recently learned of the Cause of Canonization of the late Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen. While I’m not and have never been a Catholic, nor even religious for that matter, I feel compelled to share a deeply personal story involving him that intrigues, puzzles and inspires me to this day. Read more... Rich Man, Boor Man - Peggy NoonanMany things thrive in the age of everything, including bad manners. Read more... Richard Conway Casey - Rev. George RutlerAfter nearly 40 years as a lawyer, Richard Conway Casey (1933-2006) was sworn in as a judge of the U.S. district court in Manhattan in 1977. Read more... Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009 - George WeigelFather Richard John Neuhaus's work will be remembered and debated for decades. Read more... Robert Charles Susil, 1974-2010 - George WeigelFour days after my son-in-law, Rob Susil, re-entered Johns Hopkins Hospital, where he would die of an aggressive sarcoma on February 5, the Church marked the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and read the Gospel of Simeon's prophecy to Mary—that a "sword will pierce through your own soul" [Luke 2.35]. Read more... Robert Francis Wilberforce - Father George William RutlerIt was through his brother-in-law, Louis Bancel Warren, that I got to know Robert Francis Wilberforce (1887–1988), and none too soon, for he was closing in on his 100th birthday – a genetic habit of the family, . . . Read more... Robin and Growing Up - Paul KengorTo this day, George W. Bush is sure he saw her. Swears by it. He caught her small head barely rising above the backseat of his parents' green Oldsmobile as it pulled in front of Sam Houston Elementary School in Midland, Texas, in the fall of 1953. Read more... Rocket Richard’s greatest moment - Father Raymond J. de SouzaThis week hockey is not disappointing, and it is a good time to remember the heroes. Read more... Roger Maris and the summer of 1961 - George WeigelRoger Maris, a Catholic whom some would argue is the real single-season home run king, is one of the quiet heroes of the American Catholic experience. Read more... Rome — The Scavi of St. Peter's and the Grittiness of Catholicism - George WeigelThe remarkable sites beneath St. Peter's are known today as the scavi (excavations). A walk through them is a walk into some important truths about what it means to be a Catholic. Read more... Ronald Reagan’s Rainbow - Paul KengorHow could Reagan, obviously knowledgeable of Alzheimer's, describe the onset of his disease as a coming sunset? The answer was Reagan's secret weapon: his optimism. He called it an eternal optimism, a "God-given optimism." Read more... Roy Campell: Bombast and Fire - Joseph PearceRoy Campbell was considered by many of his peers, most notably by T.S. Eliot, Dylan Thomas, and Edith Sitwell, as one of the finest poets of the 20th century. Why then, one wonders, is he not as well-known today as many lesser poets? Read more... Roy Schoeman's Conversion Story - Roy SchoemanMy parents were observant Jews in Europe who fled to the U.S. to escape the Holocaust. I was raised as a "conservative" Jew, and was rather pious by nature and very enthusiastic about the religious instruction I received and the religious activities I participated in. Read more... Saint Damien of Molokai - Father George W. RutlerWord of Saint Damien’s heroic labors among the lepers on Molokai quickly spread after his death. Read more... Saint Jeanne Jugan - George WeigelBorn during the virulently anti-Catholic French Revolution, Jeanne Jugan learned early in her life that fidelity to Christ and his Church could be costly. Read more... Saint Juan Diego and Our Lady - Fr. William SaundersThe story begins in the early morning hours of December 9, 1531, when a 57-year-old Indian peasant named Juan Diego was walking along the path of Tepayec Hill on the outskirts of Mexico City. Read more... Saint Margaret of Cortona - Rev. Emmerich Vogt, O.P.Saint Margaret of Cortona is an inspiration for all those in recovery who have come from homes where a step-parent resented having to care for the children of the new-found spouse. Read more... Saint Nuno of Saint Mary - Father George RutlerNuno Alvares Pereira, born in 1360, was a descendant of Charlemagne and, by the marriage of his daughter to a son of the King of Portugal, became ancestor to many shapers of history, including Catherine of Aragon and Mary Tudor. Read more... Saint of the gutters - Father Raymond J. de SouzaRemembering Mother Teresa, born 100 years ago. Read more... Saints Misbehavin' - Thomas J. CraughwellEven the holiest men and women were not always thus. Read more... Sarkozy and Secularism - Robert RoyalWho would have dared think that a hundred years after France led Europe into its secularist blind alley that a French president would sound the call to a kind of spiritual recalibration of Europe? Read more... Scenes from a dog’s breakfast - George JonasMy wife’s dog, a black Labrador named Holly, sits at my feet in the kitchen. Read more... Servile Thinking - David WarrenAs I was saying to an old friend the other day, as we passed a crowded hamburger franchise: "Look at all the rugged individualists, lining up for their Big Macs! Look at all those freethinkers!" Read more... Serving others is its own reward - Msgr. Frederick DolanMy father, freshly arrived from Maryland, sat in his hotel room placing batteries into a flashlight as diligently as a boot camp recruit loading a rifle under a drill sergeant's stare. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 [>>] Pages Updated On: Fri Feb 10 2012 - 00:54:04
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