The Catholic Defender: St. Barnabas, Traveler and Missionary for Christ
The Catholic Faith over the past two thousand years have branched all over the world through that apostolic witness beginning with Jesus...
The Catholic Defender: St. Matthias Comes Off The Bench to Become an Apostle
Judas Iscariot betrayed Our Lord Jesus Christ with a kiss in the Garden of Gethsemane for 30 pieces of silver (Matthew 26:15). After...
The Catholic Defender: St. Simon the Zealot to Apostle of Jesus Christ
At the time of Christ Israel was dominated by Rome, the Jews were heavily suppressed and over taxed and the burden among the people...
The Catholic Defender: SS. Father Isaac Jogues, John La Lande, John de Brebeuf, and Companions.
October 19 is a day that the Catholic Church remembers the heroism and missionary zeal of the Jesuit North American Martyrs. Jesus told...
The Catholic Defender: St. Matthew, IRS Collector to Apostle
Matthew, Apostle of Jesus Christ whose parents named means, "Gift of Yahweh" who for the longest time would not be recognized as such....
The Catholic Defender: The Apostle St. Bartholomew, follower of Christ
St. Bartholomew was one of the original 12 Apostles of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. His name literally means "son of Tolomai", born...
The Catholic Defender: Daughter of Light, the Saint Filomena Story
The Roman world during the time of the Emperor Diocletian was a time of great persecution and threats of war. Power literally ruled the...
The Catholic Defender: The St. Margaret Clitherow Story
St. Margaret Clitherow is a name I recall from reading the book, "The Prey of the Priest Catchers: The Lives of the 40 Martyrs" written...
The Catholic Defender: Sts. Pope Cornelius and Bishop Cyprian, Martyrs
It was May 15th, 33 A.D., the Apostles were gathered together as Jesus instructed them to go to the Mountain of Bethany (Eastern slope of...
The Catholic Defender: Holy Week Remembers St. Longinus
Saint Longinus Feast day: March 15 (Patron of: the blind and people with poor eyesight, of labor, of power, and of good discernment)...
