Tag: St. Maximilian Kolbe
St. Maximilian Kolbe’s dark cell at Auschwitz gave me a lesson...
As I stood at the bars of the chilling confines of St. Maximilian Kolbe‘s cell within the walls of Auschwitz, I couldn’t help but...
Torture is always intrinsically evil and can never be justified
Torture was back in the news in February, as if we needed the gruesome reminder. "60 Minutes" ran a graphic piece on the torture...
God is love — not power, taskmaster, judgmental or a rulebook:...
When my kids were little, they went to our parish school, and after I dropped them off, I often stayed for morning Mass. Maria,...
New research details Catholic inmates at Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland — A Polish researcher has published the first study of religious practices among Christian prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, as the 75th anniversary of...
Two U.S. Catholic sites hold vast collections of relics
The Maria Stein Shrine of the Holy Relics in Ohio is home to more than 1,153 relics, ranging from slivers of Christ's cross and...