David Mills writes that it might seem paradoxical, but even bad cops rushed into the twin towers on 9/11, adding, “It’s what they’d signed up for, what they did, part of who they were. You make a commitment and you keep it.
In the introduction to his powerful new book, “Things Worth Dying For,” Archbishop Charles J. Chaput states its challenge bluntly: Are we — today’s Christians — prepared to be martyrs for our faith and to live accordingly? Then, mingling encouragement and provocation,
Monsignor Owen Campion writes about the sacrifices made by two cardinals in Eastern Europe to live out their faith and help others do so as well. Cardinal Miloslav Vlk in the Czech Republic and Cardinal Ján Chryzostom Korec in Slovakia were among
The early Christians experienced persecution for their faith, including martyrdom, first at the hands of the Jews and then at the hands of the Romans. Some historians contend that the Church was born out of the persecutions and martyrdom of its first
“Atheists.” That’s what the pagan world considered Christians. With good reason. To the Christians, the pagan universe of gods and goddesses was all bunk. There was only one God. Not a God superior to the other gods. The only God. The Roman