The Catholic Defender: St. Polycarp, Follower of Christ, Catholic Martyr
Deepertruth with special permission and aid with Franiciscan Media, a great team for the Lord (Editors Note) The believed date of John's...
The Catholic Defender: Love and St. Valentine
"If I speak in human and angelic tongues but do not have love, I am a resounding gong or a clashing cymbal. And if I have the gift of...
The Catholic Defender: St. Paul Miki and Companions
Nagasaki, Japan, is familiar to Americans as the city on which the second atomic bomb was dropped, immediately killing over 37,000...
The Catholic Defender: The Saint Agatha Story
As in the case of Agnes, another virgin-martyr of the early Church, almost nothing is historically certain about this saint except that...
The Catholic Defender: St. Lucy, Pray For Us
“And I say to you, you are Kepa, and upon this Kepa I will build my church and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it”....
The Catholic Defender: St. Andrew The First Apostle Called By Jesus
St. Andrew was the younger Brother of Simon Peter who was born in Bethsaida of Galilee (John 1:44) and raised in the fishing community....
The Catholic Defender: St. Clement, The Third Successor Of St. Peter
With the death of St. Cletus (88 A.D.), St. Clement would be selected to be the third successor of St. Peter. Beginning with the Twelve...
The Catholic Defender: St. Catherine of Alexandria
The Roman Empire during the time of St. Catherine of Alexandria was ruled by power and an evil Roman Emperor, Diocletian (284 to 305). ...
The Catholic Defender: St. Peter: Leader Of The Twelve And Bishop Of Rome
St. Peter was raised a fisherman in the house of Bar-Jonah and Brother of St. Andrew. Born in Bethsaida, near Lake Tiberias he was well...
The Catholic Defender: St. James the "Greater", Son of Thunder and Apostle
James along with his Brother John are identified by St. Mark as the sons of Zebedee, but with the added surname "Boanerges" that is,...
