St. Teresa of Avila was a 16th century Spanish mystic and is honored today as a Doctor of the Church for her incredible insight into the spiritual life. And in her prayers and meditations, she regularly came in contact with the demonic. “An abominable form,” she writes of how the...
If you take a careful look at a list of the books C.S. Lewis authored, one thing stands out: almost all of his best apologetic works were written in the 1940s, while his famous children’s fiction series, Narnia, was written in the 1950s. One of Lewis’ closest friends...
There’s new graffiti art depicting Pope Francis in Rome! From street artist “MauPal” (Mauro Pallotta), the same person who created the famous “Super Pope” graffiti, the new work shows the pontiff beating a Swiss Guard in Tic-Tac-Toe. Instead of playing with O’s, however, the pontiff is playing with...
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Elizabeth Anscombe is one of the most important philosophers of the 20th century. A student of Ludwig Wittgenstein, she eventually researched and taught at Oxford for 24 years. She was also a devout convert to Catholicism, taking lots of heat for defending the Church’s most controversial teachings. Her daughter,...
St. Padre Pio was one of the greatest saints of the 20th century. A devoted priest, miracle-worker, and demon-fighter, he touched so many people that 100k attended his funeral. But did you know he had a mystical vision in the final moments before his death? After barely making it through...
