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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:Pakistani and Other Islamic Martyrs - Robert RoyalPakistan’s relatively small Christian community of 2 million, about 3 percent of the population (two-thirds of them Catholic), has been subjected to systematic repression and death. Read more... Panegyric delivered at the Memorial Mass for the repose of the soul of William F. Buckley Jr. - Father George W. RutlerThe key to all that William was and did is that wherever he was and whatever he did, reading a book or writing one, opening a bottle of wine or sailing some sea, he was near Jerusalem. Read more... Patrick Peyton - Father George W. RutlerIt was astonishing to see thousands thronging the Jai Alai arena in West Palm Beach a few years before the death of Rev. Patrick Peyton when I helped him with a Rosary Crusade, but I should have known that by his standard it was an unexceptional number, even smallish. Read more... Paul, Apostle of Christ Jesus - Paul ThigpenWho was this man who turned the world upside down? Read more... Paying homage to Saint Augustine - Fr. Raymond de SouzaIn Pavia, one great theologian-bishop is visiting another. Read more... Pennefather heeds her calling - Jack WilkinsonOnce upon a lifetime ago, Shelly Pennefather was the sweetest of shooting stars, an All-American at Villanova and the 1987 national player of the year. Since 1991, she has lived here, in the Poor Clare Monastery, at the end of a quiet cul-de-sac in a very modest middle-class neighborhood. Read more... Pentecostal pastor now a Catholic - Judy TarjanyiAlex Jones had been a Pentecostal minister for nearly 30 years, almost 20 of them as pastor of his own church, but when he was confirmed at St. Suzanne’s Catholic Church in Detroit last year, he told the parish priest, "I’m home." Read more... Perspective: The Real Benedict - George WeigelFar from a 'Rottweiler,' the new pope is a Mozart man, a listener with a keen mind and a good heart. Read more... Pilgrim' Progerss Faith of our Fathers - Mike AquilinaOld St. Patrick's is a hidden treasure in the city of Pittsburgh. Read more... Poets and philosophers are alike in being big with wonder - Father George William RutlerSt. Thomas Aquinas was, like all saints, practical about important things. Read more... Pope advances Knights of Columbus founder toward sainthood - CNAThis past Saturday, March 15, Pope Benedict XVI approved a decree recognizing the heroic virtue of Father Michael J. McGivney, the founder of the Knights of Columbus. Read more... Pope's Homily at Beatification Mass of Mother Teresa - Pope John Paul IIHere is a translation of John Paul II's homily during the beatification Mass for Mother Teresa of Calcutta, celebrated Sunday October 19, 2003 in St. Peter's Square. The text was read by Archbishop Leonardo Sandri, substitute for general affairs of the Vatican Secretariat of State, and by Cardinal Ivan Dias, archbishop of Bombay, India. Read more... Pray, Hope and Don’t Worry - Joseph PronechenDuring World War II, many Allied pilots failed to complete their missions over the Italian town of San Giovanni Rotondo. It seemed a Franciscan friar flying through the sky was staying their hands, preventing them from dropping their bombs. Read more... Preface - Pope Benedict XVI and Peter SeewaldCastel Gandolfo in the summer. The way to the Pope’s residence led over lonely country roads. Read more... Prepared to Lead - George WeigelOn the evening of October 16, 1978, when Pericle Cardinal Fellici announced that the Church had a Polish pope, an astonished world expected that it might take some time for the newly-elected successor of St. Peter to learn his job. For Karol Cardinal Wojtyla of Kraków had had none of the preparation usually considered necessary for the papacy. Read more... Priest a wartime legend - Marty GervaisHe was a soldier to the end. His threadbare army tunic hung on the wall, and his room was filled with religious icons, rosaries and holy pictures. Read more... Priest: Portraits of Ten Good Men Serving the Church Today - Karl MaurerMichael S. Rose in his new book Priest: Portaits of Ten Good Men Serving the Church Today communicates the virtuous institution of the priesthood by telling the stories of ten faithful priests who are living examples of holiness, sacrifice, and love of God. Read more... Prodigal Son - Benjamin WikerFor all too many years, eminent novelist and biographer A.N. Wilson was a self-satisfied atheist, a proud member of the British unbelieving intelligentsia, along with Richard Dawkins and expatriate Christopher Hitchens. But no more. Andrew Norman Wilson has come home. Read more... Prologue & The End of His Life - Michael O'BrienFollowing is the Prologue and an excerpt from chapter one of The Father's Tale by Michael O'Brien. Of this book, Peter Kreeft writes: "This is a magnum opus in quality as well as quantity. All of O'Brien's large and human soul is in this book as in none of his shorter ones: father, Catholic, Russophile, Canadian, personalist, artist, storyteller, romantic. There is not one boring or superfluous page." Read more... R.H. Benson: Unsung Genius - Joseph PearceRobert Hugh Benson was lauded in his own day as one of the leading figures in English literature, yet today he is almost completely forgotten outside Catholic circles and is sadly neglected even among Catholics. Read more... Rachoff – A true story - Karl Joseph FriedrichReader, behold your hand. Sometimes I watch my own as I write; or as I hold it up, fingers spread, so that it gleams like a pale star against the dark background of books piled on my table. The human hand — this bundle of bones, flesh, and nerves — think of all it can do. It can bless or curse. Read more... Ralph McInerny (1929-2010) - Thomas S. HibbsOne of the marks of a virtuous character, according to Aristotle, is the performance of virtuous acts with ease and delight. On that basis, as well as others, Ralph McInerny was a remarkably virtuous man. Read more... Reagan’s Catholic Connections - Paul KengorReagan's embrace of Catholics began at home, with his father, Jack Reagan. Jack was an apathetic Catholic who left the religious rearing of his two children to his wife, Nelle, a deeply Christian woman, and a Protestant. Read more... Real Hard Cash - Russell D. MooreThere was an empty seat at this year’s MTV Music Video Awards. The late Johnny Cash wasn’t there. Read more... Rebel With a Cause: Bobby Jindal's Spiritual Journey - Robert CostaIn 1988, 16-year-old Piyush Jindal totaled his father's new car a few weeks before graduating from Baton Rouge High School. Read more... Pages: [<<] ... 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 [>>] Pages Updated On: Fri May 17 2013 - 22:45:23
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