The odds were stacked against Augustus Tolton. He was born into slavery, his father died when he was young, he lived in poverty, and was denied access to every Catholic seminary in America. But despite the hardships he experienced, Tolton went on to become the first...
VATICAN – Blessed John Henry Newman, a convert, cardinal, theologian, and poet, is one step closer to becoming a saint. Today, Pope Francis signed off on the second miracle attributed to Newman and announced the approval of his canonization. The second miracle...
Trevor Williams is Catholic, a Knight of Columbus, and a professional baseball pitcher for the Pittsburg Pirates. When he was in college, Trevor found himself asking if the Catholic faith was true. If Catholicism was what it claimed to be, he wanted to know how that...
