by Catholics for Catholics | Apr 26, 2024 | Articles
On April 28, the universal Church celebrates the feast day of Louis-Marie de Montfort, a 17th century saint who is revered for his intense devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary. St. Louis-Marie is perhaps most famously known for his prayer of entrustment to Our Lady,...
by Catholics for Catholics | Apr 26, 2024 | Articles
For the first almost two years of our relationship, I never actually met General Michael Flynn, our communications being limited to text messages and occasional phone calls. We were both standing trial in the D.C. federal courthouse, facing politically motivated...
by Catholics for Catholics | Apr 25, 2024 | Articles
On the Feast of St. Mark, April 25, 1467, at the close of a festival in Genazzano, Italy, a cloud descended upon an ancient 5th-century deteriorated church, dedicated to Our Lady of Good Counsel. When the cloud disappeared, the festive crowd found a small, fragile...
by Catholics for Catholics | Apr 25, 2024 | Articles
On Easter Sunday, in this space, I penned an article requesting that Pope Francis intervene on behalf of Joe Biden, and correct his willingness to proclaim Easter Sunday as “Trans Day of Visibility”. I asked, “Is there anything that the US President, nominally...
by Catholics for Catholics | Apr 25, 2024 | Articles
St. Mark, the Evangelist, is the author of the second Gospel and the patron saint of notaries. He wrote the Gospel in Greek for the Gentile converts to Christianity. Tradition says the Romans asked St. Mark to record the teachings of St. Peter about Jesus. St. Mark is...
by Catholics for Catholics | Apr 23, 2024 | Articles
A former lawyer who left his profession to become a Capuchin Franciscan priest, Saint Fidelis of Sigmaringen has his liturgical memorial on April 24. Fidelis’ life bridged the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, a time of religious conflict in Western Europe....