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Remembering Joe Scheidler: the Pro-life Warrior Who Became a Legend

by C. Preston Noell III January 20, 2021

For those who knew him, Joe Scheidler was not a man but a legend. His life-long battle against abortion went beyond sidewalk protesting and made its way to the Supreme Court. He entered the fight totally and unreservedly. Wherever abortion reared its ugly head, people could expect to see Joe with his bullhorn nearby. Pro-lifers … Read more

He Chose a Greater Chivalry: St. Francis of Assisi (Part 6)

by John Horvat II March 18, 2020April 17, 2017

Probably the oldest likeness of Francis that has come down to us is that preserved in the Sacro Speco at Subiaco. It is said that it was painted by a Benedictine monk during the saint’s visit there, which may have been in 1218. The absence of the stigmata, halo, and title of saint in this … Read more