St. John Paul II had one of the longest reigns as Pope in Church history; when he was elected in 1978, he became not only the first Pope from Poland, but the first non-Italian Pope in over 450 years. Most experts agree he helped change the course of...
Prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Japanese empire had been at war with China for several years, and in the process murdered many civilians and committed various other atrocities. Japan’s invasion of the Chinese mainland also endangered many...
Today we celebrate the Presentation of the Lord in the Temple of Jerusalem, a Feast occurring forty days after the Nativity of Our Lord. In the Eastern Churches it is known as The Encounter and is a continuation of the “coming of the Lord” to us...
On the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, we return to the Christmas season and focus in on the person of the Lord. Jesus is seen as a child, presented to the priests according to the law of Moses. You may remember that the final plague upon the...
