Swiss Guards: 513th Anniversary reveals New Video and New Helmets

Swiss Guards: 513th Anniversary reveals New Video and New Helmets

CNA—As the Swiss Guards celebrated their 513th anniversary Tuesday, they donned for the first time their new light-weight helmets, which are made of black PVC and 3D printed. The plastic helmets replace those made of metal, which were easily dented, and which would get so hot from the Roman sun in the summer months they…

After 100 years, US Catholicism still bears the stamp of World War I

After 100 years, US Catholicism still bears the stamp of World War I

A century after the close of World War I, the war has faded from living memory. But its effects endure. President Woodrow Wilson had campaigned for re-election on a promise he would keep the country out of war. But subsequent events, including the discovery of a German telegram promising American territory to Mexico in the…

The Battle of Lepanto: The Battle that Saved the Christian West and A Lesson for Our Times

The Battle of Lepanto: The Battle that Saved the Christian West and A Lesson for Our Times

On October 7, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, more than on any other feast day, I feel especially emboldened in faith and hope, no matter what may be the anti-common sense, anti-life, anti-Christian news of the day!  The reason is simple.  The power of praying the Rosary was manifest in such a…

Modern-Day Saint Maximillian Kolbe:  In France, A Catholic Soldier Murdered by a Terrorist offered his life in exchange for a hostage

Modern-Day Saint Maximillian Kolbe: In France, A Catholic Soldier Murdered by a Terrorist offered his life in exchange for a hostage

Crisis Magazine—Lieutenant Colonel Arnaud Beltrame (44) has become famous overnight. His family could well have done without his fame, since it came at such a cost—the sacrifice of his own life. He offered himself as a hostage in exchange for a wife and mother who was held captive by the terrorist Radouane Lakdim. Lakdim had…

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