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How the West Really Lost God: An Interview with Mary Eberstadt - Crisis Magazine : Editor’s note: This interview of Mary Eberstadt, conducted by Gerald J. Russello, was first published July 21, 2013 in The University Bookman under the title “Faith and Family: A Two Way Street” and is reprinted with permission. Eberstadt is a Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center in Washington D.C. Q: Thanks for …

The Martyrs of Rome | Independent Catholic News : This day commemorates all those who died in the persecutions of Nero in the late first century and always falls after the feast of S...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: An English Civil War Martyr: Blessed Philip Powell... : Blessed Philip Powell  (sometimes spelled Philip Powel) (2 February 1594–30 June 1646) was a lawyer who became a Benedictine monk and priest...

St Peter and Paul | Independent Catholic News : St Peter was in many ways the most impetuous of the apostles. A fisherman in Galilee when he met Jesus for the first time, he was to...

Is Religious Skepticism a Sign of Intelligence? - Crisis Magazine : I have yet to meet an atheist (and I’ve met and had lengthy conversations with quite a few) who didn’t believe that really smart people (like him) don’t believe in God. It’s a sentiment seemingly supported by various polling data. According to a 2017 Pew survey, belief in God is lower among college-educated individuals than …

Pope Francis: Deep down - Christian life is so simple | Independent Catholic News : Pope Francis yesterday morning told believers not to look to horoscopes or to consult fortune-tellers to foresee the future; but to ...

St Irenaeus | Independent Catholic News : Bishop and Martyr. Born around 130 AD, St Irenaeus of Lyons was bishop of Lugdunum in Gaul, (now Lyons) in France. His writings were...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: St. John Southworth, Pray for us! : The Archdiocese of Westminster celebrates its martyr saint today, St. John Southworth, executed for the crime of being a priest in 1654. H...

St John Southworth | Independent Catholic News : Priest and martyr. St John was born in 1592 in Lancashire. He went overseas to study and was ordained in Douai in 1618.St Jo...

Saint John Southworth. Priest and martyr June 27

Pope Francis: Don't be afraid to proclaim the Gospel message | Independent Catholic News : In his Angelus address today, to pilgrims in St Peter's Square, Pope Francis urged Christians not to be afraid to proclaim the Gosp...

St. Josemaria Escriva de Balaguer, Roman Catholic Priest founded Opus Dei, an institution within the Catholic Church dedicated to helping people in all walks of life to follow Christ, to seek holiness in their daily life and grow in love for God and their fellow men and women. In 1930, responding to a new illumination from God, he started Opus Dei's apostolic work with women, making clear that they had the same responsibility as men to serve society and the Church. Feastday: June 26

St Prosper of Reggio | Independent Catholic News : This fifth century bishop of Reggio in Italy, is not commemorated in the city's large cathedral, but in a small church tucked behind...

St Etheldreda | Independent Catholic News : Nun and foundress. Etheldreda was a seventh century queen, the daughter of Anna, King of East Anglia. In her younger days she had tw...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: The Fortnight for Freedom: St. Thomas Garnet, SJ : St. Thomas Garnet, SJ was an alumnus of the seminary in Valladolid, Spain: ST. Thomas GARNET SJ son of Richard Garnet, Confessor of the...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: St. Thomas Garnet: Exile, Return, and Execution : From the Jesuits in Singapore  website : St. Thomas Garnet was born in 1574 at Southwark, England as the son of an Oxford don. Because Cat...

St. Thomas Garnet, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr, he was offered his life if he would take the oath, but he steadfastly refused, and was executed at the age of 32. Feastday June 23

St Thomas More and St John Fisher | Independent Catholic News : Both saints held high office in England but submitted to martyrdom rather than accept Henry VIII's claim to be head of the Church.

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: The Last Days of St. John Fisher : Please watch this space for my blog post at the National Catholic Register on St John Fisher--and St. Thomas More--on the anniversary of ...

St. Alban was the first martyr of England, his own country (homeland).. What remained of Alban's relics were scattered in the time of the Dissolution

St. Alban was the first martyr of England, his own country (homeland).. What remained of Alban's relics were scattered in the time of the Dissolution

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: A Recusant Revert: St. John Rigby : St. John Rigby was martyred on June 21, 1600, found guilty of being a convert to Catholicism. He denied that he was a convert, however, mai...

St. John Rigby, Roman Catholic English Martyr, He was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Southwark.Feastday June 21

St Alban | Independent Catholic News : The first martyr of Britain. Saint Alban was a Romano-Briton, living in Verulamium (now the city of St Albans). During the persecuti...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Five Jesuit Martyrs; Victims of the Popish Plot : The Jesuits in Britain  website  gives some background to the Popish Plot, specifically how intra-Catholic conflict contributed to the ant...

Amoris Laetitia and the Four Last Things - Crisis Magazine : Hell—St. Teresa of Avila told her nuns to mentally visit the inferno during life so they would not be imprisoned in it after death. St. John Vianney sighed because the saints, who were so pure, cultivated holy fear while “we, who so often offend the good God—we have no fears.” At last month’s Rome Life …

St. Francis Pacheco, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and Japanese Martyr. Bl. Peter Rinshei, Roman Catholic Jesuit Martyr of Japan Bl. John Baptist Zola, Roman Catholic Jesuit Martyr of Japan. Bl. John Kinsako, Roman Catholic Jesuit Martyr of Japan Bl. Michael Tozo, Roman Catholic Jesuit Martyr of Japan Bl. Paul Shinsuki, Roman Catholic Jesuit Martyr of Japan. All burned alive with eight other Christians at Nagasaki Feastday June 20

Bls. John Fenwick & John Gavan Roman Catholic Jesuit Priests and English Martyrs. They were falsely charged with complicity in the Titus Qates Plot hysteria, and put to death at Tyburn with three Jesuit companions.

St. Vincent Kaun, Roman Catholic Martyr of Japan. A native of Korea, he was brought to Japan in 1591 as a prisoner of war and was subsequently converted to Christianity. Entering the Jesuits, he studied at the Jesuit seminary of Arima and worked for three decades as a catechist in both Japan and China. Seized during the persecution of the Church, he was burned alive at Nagasaki with Blessed Francis Pacheco. Feastday June 20

Irish Catholic Martyrs were dozens of people who have been sanctified in varying degrees for dying for their Roman Catholic faith between 1537 and 1714 in Ireland. Feastday June 20

Bl. Thomas Whitbread Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday June20

Bl. Anthony Turner, Roman Catholic English Martyr, he was hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday June 20

Bl. Conor O’Devany, Roman Catholic Bishop and Irish Martyr. Bishop O'Devany was taken by the English authorities to a scaffold in Dublin to be executed on a trumped-up charge of treason. Having been offered a pardon at his trial if he would deny his faith, he had answered that he was resolved to die in defense of the Catholic faith. On the way to the scaffold, the bishop said to a priest facing martyrdom together with him (Blessed Patrick O'Loughran), "Come, my brave comrade, noble soldier of Christ, let us imitate as best we can the death of him who was led to the slaughter as the sheep before the shearer." As the bishop passed through Dublin's streets, Catholics emerged from their homes to kneel in reverence to their prelate. Following Bishop O'Devany's execution, a paralytic who had crawled to the scaffold to venerate his body was instantaneously cured. Feastday June 20

Pope Francis: Memory is essential for faith | Independent Catholic News : On Sunday evening, Pope Francis celebrated Mass in the Roman Basilica of St John Lateran which was followed by a procession to the B...

Cardinal Vincent Nichols: Pastoral Letter for Corpus Christi 2017 | Independent Catholic News : Dear brothers and sisters in Jesus Christ, The words of the Gospel we have just heard contain a remarkable promise: ‘A...

Bl. Thomas Woodhouse, Roman Catholic Jesuit Priest and English Martyr. A resident of Lincolnshire, he received ordination as a secular priest and took up a post there. Forced to resign from this post, he became a tutor in Wales. He was arrested in 1561 for celebrating a Mass and was sent to Fleet Prison. During the period of his incarceration, which lasted twelve years, he entered the Society of Jesus Thomas was tried in 1570. He was hanged at Tyburn. Feastday June 19

Bl. Sebastian Newdigate, Roman Catholic Monk and English Martyr, refused to accept the reforms of King Hemy VIII , Sebastian was executed with Blesseds William Exmew and Humphrey Middlemore, condemned to death as traitors, and were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn Feastday June 19

Bl. Humphrey Middlemore, Roman Catholic Monk and English Martyr hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn. Feastday June 19

Bl. William Exmew, Roman Catholic Monk and English Martyr, refused to accept the reforms of King Hemy VIII , William was executed with Blessed's Sebastian Newdigate and Humphrey Middlemore, condemned to death as traitors, and were hanged, drawn, and quartered at Tyburn . Feastday June 19

June 18th St Matt Talbot the patron of men and women struggling with alcoholism.

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: June 17, 1567: Mary Queen of Scots Imprisoned : After her army lost the Battle of Carberry Hill on the 15th of June, Mary of Scotland was taken as a prisoner to Loch Leven Castle. As thi...

Scotland: Catholics face 'alarming levels of intolerance' | Independent Catholic News : Giving evidence to the Equalities and Human Rights Committee of the Scottish Parliament today (15 June 2017) Anthony Horan, Director...

Pope Francis: None of us can live without love | Independent Catholic News : Pope Francis continued his reflections on Christian hope, during his General Audience with thousands of pilgrims in St Peter’s Squ...

Why the Odds Favor Islam - Crisis Magazine : On May 22, an Islamic suicide bomber detonated himself outside a pop concert in Manchester, England, killing and wounding dozens, many of them young children. The terrorist was a 22-year-old named Salman Abedi. A few days after the attack, I was reading an article about the mosque he attended—the Didsbury Mosque. “That’s funny,” I thought …

Pope: Women have a vital role to play in interfaith dialogue | Independent Catholic News : Pope Francis met yesterday with participants in the plenary assembly of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, who have...

How Christians Can Rebuild Our Culture - Crisis Magazine : Editor’s note: The following essay is adapted from an address delivered August 6 at the Archdiocese of Toronto’s “Faith in the Public Square” symposium. In the beginning, Genesis tells us, “the earth was without form and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep” (Gen 1:2). Creation begins in chaos. On each day of …

The Future of the West: Christian or Pagan? - Crisis Magazine : A friend of mine lives in one of Philadelphia’s comfortable suburbs. She and her husband are both attorneys. Both hold Ivy League degrees. Their community is nearly 90 percent white, rich in Quaker history, above average in education and income, and low in crime. People are friendly. Nights are quiet. Streets are clean and safe. …

Pope Francis: God is a father, who will never abandon us | Independent Catholic News : At the weekly General Audience on Wednesday, Pope Francis spoke on “The Fatherhood of God: the Wellspring of our Hope.” He was c...

Supremacy and Survival: The English Reformation: Elizabeth Woodville, RIP--and Bermondsey Abbey : The Queen Dowager of King Edward IV, Elizabeth Woodville, died at Bermondsey Abbey on June 8, 1492 and was buried with her husband in the ...

St. Peter, Roman Catholic Priest and Spanish Martyr with Wallabonsus, Sabinian, Wistremundus, Habentius, and Jeremias. They were put to death in Cordoba at the order of Emir Abd al-Rahman II for preaching against Muhammad. Though most were beheaded, Jeremias was scourged to death. Feastday June 7

June 4th St Petroc, Abbot. Cornwall's most famous saint

Bl. John Storey, Roman Catholic Priest and English Martyr, executed at Tyburn by being hanged, drawn and quartered. Feastday June 1

Pope Francis: Hope carries us forward | Independent Catholic News : Pope Francis continued his catechesis on Christian hope during today's General Audience with thousands of pilgrims gathered in St Pe...