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Teresa Tomeo: Culture warrior
You’d be hard-pressed to find a more energetic culture warrior than Teresa Tomeo. The familiar long-time host of Ave Maria Radio’s Catholic Connection, she is also the host of EWTN’s The Catholic View for Women, the author of multiple…
Fr. Rocky and Relevant Radio’s mission of ‘bringing Christ to the world’
Fr. Francis J. Hoffman (Fr. Rocky) is the executive director/CEO of Relevant Radio. In 1992, he was ordained as a priest for Opus Dei and he is a well-known author and speaker. Fr. Rocky spoke with Catholic Digest about his ministry,…
Obianuju Ekeocha: A fierce, elegant warrior for the culture of life in Africa
When Obianuju Ekeocha’s parents named her, they couldn’t have foreseen that she would become the voice for African women, families, and the unborn. Her prophetic Nigerian name Obianuju means “she came in the midst of plenty” because she was…
George Weigel on our turbulent times and the way forward
It’s the difference 30 years make. At the beginning of the last decade of the 20th century, the Soviet Union disintegrated. People living behind the Iron Curtain began to reclaim their God-given freedom. There was a widespread feeling of…
‘I found a home in Catholicism’
With the release this week on DVD the movie Breakthrough — a true story about a mother whose prayers bring her drowned son back to life — Catholic Digest spoke with Roxann Dawson, the director of the film. Dawson, a Catholic convert,…
Are you saved?
Popular author, Scripture scholar, and EWTN host Fr. Mitch Pacwa, SJ, takes on a question that has divided Catholics and Protestants for centuries. His book, Saved: A Bible Study Guide for Catholics (Our Sunday Visitor, 2017) examines…
A story worth living
At an early age, Mexican actress, writer, producer, and director Karyme Lozano discovered the gifts that would propel her vocation. With only a nominally Catholic upbringing, it was perhaps not surprising that when fame and fortune came…
Scott Hahn: ‘Acquire the mind of Christ’
If you’d like to intensify your Holy Week, consider watching the Genesis to Jesus video Bible study by the St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology. Until Easter Sunday, the videos are available to view online for free. Created by Catholic…
‘Breakthrough’ movie: A true story of unconditional love, prayer, and miracles
Speaking about her upcoming movie, Breakthrough, actress Chrissy Metz told CatholicDigest, “It was so nice to be part of a real story that I know is going to change people's minds, their perspectives, their hearts.” The star of the hit…
Ashley Bratcher reveals her personal experience with the horrors of abortion
Actress Ashley Bratcher, who plays prolife activist Abby Johnson in movie Unplanned, was nearly a victim of abortion herself. The movie is based on Johnson’s book also titled Unplanned. Johnson worked for Planned Parenthood before realizing…