Why were there no hospitals, for anyone and everyone, in the ancient world? Because Jesus had yet to give mankind, through his Church, the great directive.
It was Christian morality, and the evident love of Christian families, that gradually converted the Roman Empire.
In recent months, a spate of atheist books have argued that religion represents, as End of Faith author Sam Harris puts it, "the most potent source of human conflict, past and present."
Brian Burch and Emily Stimpson have put together a page-a-day history of 365 inspiring stories celebrating the historic contributions of American men and women who have been shaped by their Catholic faith.
For many years in America, the state basically kept its original promise to protect all religions and not to become a rival to them, a fake church. That is no longer the case.
An interview about Christopher Columbus and the motivations for his journey.
Columbus Day — the day we celebrate Christopher Columbus's historic discovery of the Americas in 1492 — is a most unusual American holiday, as it commemorates an event that occurred well before the United States was a nation.
For those who know little history, today's battle with the Islamic State in the Middle East may seem new and unprecedented. It is not.
On this Fourth of July, 238 years after Congress declared independence from the British Empire through the Declaration of Independence, it's well worth reminding ourselves of a number of things about the Founding era.
