Blessed Pierre Lucien Claverie, Bishop of Oran, together with eighteen companions killed by extremists in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, died in odium fidei, meaning in "hatred of the faith."
Sister Wendy Beckett (1930-2018), contemplative nun and consecrated virgin, delighted audiences worldwide with her lively BBC documentaries on the history of art.
Gratitude for the unique gifts of men.
On the anniversary of the author's death, his private secretary remembers the man behind the beloved wordsmith.
Michael Ashcroft has written a shrewd yet sympathetic portrait of an intriguing politician
Shūsaku Endō (1923–1996), Japanese Roman Catholic novelist, authored Silence, adapted into a film in 2016.
In his spiritual autobiography, "Apologia pro Vita Sua", Saint John Henry Newman informs us: “When I was fifteen (in the autumn of 1816), a great change of thought took place in me.
Two tall men in a state room: one a Protestant minister in his prime, full of zeal, beloved by millions all over the world; the other quite elderly, of a quiet demeanor, subtle, careful, yet absolutely clear in his thought.