writer, and one of the most widely read Catholic authors, he wrote no less than 111 works, some of which have been published in over 20,000 editions. One of his books alone, Moral Theology , earned him the [...] bright student : his two tutors, both priests, taught him Latin, Greek, Italian, Spanish, French, history, mathematics and physics, all subjects in which he showed great aptitude. It was easy to see that [...] with whom he maintained a friendly relationship for several years. He graduated with doctorates in civil and canon law at 16, i n 1713 . He even wrote his first text, a moral code for lawyers. In the evenings

were guillotined. The Spanish Civil War of 1937 dealt a terrible blow to the Carmelite Order. Etc. When it comes to persecution, Carmel was not spared, and in fact all Catholic orders have suffered oppression [...] The Virgin Mary appeared to Simon in 1251. All the various documentary sources relating to the history of the Carmelite convent evoke this apparition with coherence and precision. It was after this apparition [...] difficult to understand from a purely historical perspective. Carmel is one of the most prolific of Catholic orders: it counts three Doctors of the Church and countless saints, blesseds, and venerables. Through

contributor to the Catholic magazine La Nef. Going further: Frederic Ozanam and the Establishment of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul (Classic Reprint) by Edward Henty Palmer, Forgotten Books (August 20, 2012) [...] Frédéric Ozanam. This miracle was retained for Ozanam's beatification. Summary: Frédéric Ozanam was a Catholic in the truest sense of the word: a man whose faith inspired nothing but love for others, whether [...] the Faculté des Lettres, earning a double degree in literature and law. Ozanam was both a fervent Catholic and a critical and assertive student . He never hesitated to intervene in class to denounce the

not a substitute to the Gospel. The position of the Catholic Church on this subject is stated in articles 66, 67 and 514 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church (1992): " Throughout the ages, there have been [...] prayed for an end to the external mystical phenomena that drew too much attention to her. Her main book, The Mystical City of God , was not written on her own initiative, but at the behest of her confessor [...] universal mediation were later dogmatically confirmed. On the day of Maria de Jesus' funeral, the civil governor of Agreda had to use public force to disperse the crowd of faithful who came to pay their

" The Trinity: An Introduction to Catholic Doctrine on the Triune God (Thomistic Ressourcement) by Gilles Emery (Author), Matthew Levering (Translator), The Catholic University of America Press (June 7 [...] the intellect, shows that the Church faithfully transmits divine revelation, and not a doctrine invented by man. The Trinity, detail, San Severo chapel, Perugia / © Adri08, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia [...] would have added Trinitarian passages to their sacred texts. From the beginning and throughout history, the Trinitarian dogma has been contested: Jews, heretics (Arians, Modalists, etc.) and Muslims do

a prodigious feat of engineering and many technological leaps: the pointed (ogival) arch, the invention of buttresses, coloured stained-glass windows, treadwheel cranes, lead casting, the standardization [...] Paris, Saint-Denis. It was conceived of by Abbot Suger (1081-1151 CE), a powerful figure in French history. In June 1144, Suger brought together the finest bishops and lords of the kingdom to the town of [...] particularly stone-cutting... Cathedrals are part of our landscape and true symbols of our Western civilization, expressing a very strong faith in Christ in a tangible way. They make a strong case for believing

psychology, astronomy, geography, geology, meteorology, etc. His 26 books on botany list 390 trees and herbs, and his discoveries about medicinal plants remained relevant for centuries. He also devoted [...] whose intellectual influence was unparalleled in the history of Christianity. After canonical investigations spanning several decades, the Catholic Church beatified and then canonised him. He was declared [...] devoted his life to teaching theology, glorifying God and preaching the greatness and truth of the Catholic faith. He returned to God on 15 November 1280, in Cologne, and was canonised and proclaimed a Doctor

believe: Louis and Zelie Martin are the first married couple to be canonized together, a first in the history of the Church, after serious historical research into the practice of Christian virtues in their [...] The pair married on July 13, 1858, at Our Lady's church in Alençon (note: they had their required civil mariage at 10pm on July 12, followed by a religious ceremony at midnight - so technically on July [...] maintained a lively social life in Alençon, especially at the Saint-Vincent-de-Paul Conference and in Catholic Worker circles. In the Martin family, we find these two poles: solitude and solidarity . Solitude

significant role in the Catholic Church’s history, particularly during the Counter-Reformation. Jesuits became renowned as missionaries, educators, and scholars, spreading Catholic teachings worldwide and [...] of the Catholic Counter-Reformation in producing highly-trained, multilingual priests who could teach in schools, seminaries and universities, and preach in very diverse countries. He also invented spiritual [...] in life. The Society of Jesus played an important role in the Counter-Reformation, spreading the Catholic faith to distant lands. It has given great saints to the Church. Pope Francis himself is a member

specialised in the history of the Church. She is the postulator of a cause for beatification, a journalist for a number of Catholic media, and the author of more than forty books, most of them on the [...] SvetlanaSF Reasons to believe: John Bosco, a peasant full of common sense, was not given to mystical inventions and was always baffled by the strange phenomena he experienced throughout his life, for which he [...] 2022) Forty Dreams Of St. John Bosco: From St. John Bosco's Biographical Memoirs by John Bosco, TAN Books; Revised ed. edition (February 1, 1997) Movie "Don Bosco: The True Story of the Apostle of Youth"