In 2011, a Pennsylvania grand jury investigated Dr. Kermit Gosnell, who owned and operated the Women's Medical Society clinic in Philadelphia. What they found was an unexpected level of disregard for human life — even for the abortion…

One Sunday after Mass, Lisa Penzkover from Caldwell, Idaho, was discussing the topic of pro-life fairs with some parishioners when she mentioned how she thought it would be important to include a foster care booth. Penzkover says, “They…

With the Oct. 14 canonization of El Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero, Paulist Productions is releasing on DVD the 1989 movie Romero. The newly remastered film tells the story of Archbishop Romero — a bookish cleric turned lion — who in…

A friend told me that he saw my picture in a 30th-anniversary issue of my hometown newspaper, the Forest City Summit. It was a picture of me along with the other members of the Miss Forest City Pageant court smiling at the camera. Miss…

In 1972, Mother Teresa visited the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Trinity in Huntsville, Utah. She came to see Br. Nicholas Prinster, who had traveled to India to work with the future saint for a short time. Mother Teresa was the only woman…

Nigerian scientist Obianuju Ekeocha never guessed that writing an open letter to Melinda Gates — wife of Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates — would put her on the course to becoming a human rights activist. Gates, wanting to “liberate”…

The Apparition, written and directed by Xavier Giannoli, is a thought-provoking mystery that follows a young French novitiate named Anna (Galatéa Bellugi) who claims that the Virgin Mary appeared to her. The film is seen through the eyes of…

A silver medalist at the 2016 Paralympics, road cyclist Ryan Boyle, 24, lives at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The day I called him for an interview, he was packing to fly to Belgium for the 2018 UCI…

Actor James Faulkner says while filming Paul, Apostle of Christ  “a spirit moved within me" and he “was moved by it.” Faulkner plays St. Paul in the March 2018 film that was released on Blu-ray/DVD June 19. Faulkner discussed with Catholic…

Every March, Rebekah Buell can’t stop thinking how she almost ended her unborn baby’s life on her eldest son’s birthday. “I think a lot about what might have happened. I can’t imagine waking up on March 14 pretending to be happy,” Buell…