A Hero’s Tale: Remembering a Catholic Captain Who Gave All in World War II
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Blessed Marcel Callo Struggled From Depression — Here’s How He Recovered His Joy
Callo was beatified by Pope John Paul II in 1987. His feast day is March 19.
‘Greater Love Hath No Man Than This’: The Catholic WWII Hero of Christ the King Sunday
As Catholics in the U.S. marked the Feast of Christ the King 80 years ago, an American soldier gave his life to save his comrades in the South Pacific.
They Died Praying for Others: 2 Catholic Priests Martyred by Nazis Beatified in Italy
Fathers Giuseppe Bernardi and Mario Ghibaudo, a parish priest and parochial vicar, died while offering intercessory prayers for others.
Savoring My Dad’s Fascinating WWII Stories
My grandparents and father were strong supporters of the Dutch Resistance during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands
New Old Movie Review: ‘The Fighting Sullivans’ (1944)
‘The Fighting Sullivans’ is a movie that lovingly portrays the Catholic faith and the happiness of practicing that faith.
The Blessed Who Influenced the Pope to Consecrate the World to Mary During World War II
Alexandrina's life has many connections with the events of Our Lady of Fatima and she is known in Portugal as “the fourth seer of Fatima.”
WWII Hero Father Verbis Lafleur — One of St. Landry’s Most Valiant Sons
COMMENTARY: At a time in which Catholics are being summoned to live our faith with greater courage and charity, this spiritual son of the French saint provides a great example and, we pray, will become a much-sought intercessor.
SDG Reviews ‘Of Animals and Men’: Extraordinary Story, Mixed Presentation
A Polish documentary about the true story of Polish heroism behind ‘The Zookeeper’s Wife’ — in theaters for a one-day Fathom event — is undermined in the telling, especially by English dubbing.
A WWII Father’s Day Story About Father Flanagan, ‘America’s No. 1 War Dad’
Hundreds of young men fighting in World War II listed the founder of Boys Town, Father Edward Flanagan, as their next of kin. To most of them, he was the only father they ever knew.
