Articles in 'History'

The Old is Revealed in the New / The New is Concealed in the Old: My Conversion Narrative, Part 4

By Dr. Valerie

My long-term goal in writing for Catholic365 is to submit articles that connect my personal conversion experience with the diverse topics I am studying at the seminary. My purpose is to help others understand the inherent challenges people face when assimilating new information during and after OCIA. This article focuses on typology.

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Many Names, One Mother: A Cuban Reflection for the Feast of Mary’s Nativity

By Christy Romero

Most people know about apparition sites like Lourdes or Fatima, but one of the greatest Marian miracles in the Caribbean didn't begin with a vision on a hill; it began on a wooden plank floating in the sea.

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I am a Catalan Catholic

By Christian Gonzalez

What do you do when you are proud of your culture but a large part of it is associated with being anti-Catholic

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Catholics in Courage: St. Joan of Arc

By Ken Galli

St. Joan of Arc was a teenage girl who believed God was calling her to do the impossible—and she went. Her story challenges us to confront the places where fear keeps us standing still and asks whether we have the courage to take the next step.

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"I met Jesus on the Road" - Mother Teresa

By Gary Sullivan

When she finally arrived late and an Indian cardinal gently reminded her that she had kept the Vicar of Christ, Pope John Paul II waiting, Mother Teresa calmly replied, "Yes, I know, but I met Jesus on the road."

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The Tangible Pursuit For Freedom: Part II

By Exsurge Domine

On the Nativity of Mary's birthday, every Cuban also celebrates the Feast Day of Our Lady of Charity. Read this incredible story of hope, perseverance, and tangible pursuit for freedom. This story is a birthday gift to Cachita, our Blessed Mother.

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You shall not pass!

By The Catholic Nurse

Happy feast day to--Moses! Why do we ask the saints/angels to intercede, but not prophets?

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St Gregory the Great's vision

By The Catholic Nurse

On this, his feast day, his courage during contagion is a call for our age

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“As for me & my house...” -- Why Joshua tugs our hearts today

By The Catholic Nurse

Happy feast day to the prophet of foreshadowing! How to use Joshua 24:15 today.

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Proof--no one can destroy this Mother's Love

By The Catholic Nurse

Despite fire, theft and destruction--no one can take a mother’s love

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A Saint for symptoms, soil, spades & such ...

By The Catholic Nurse

The St. Fiacre story ...

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What Exactly is an Indulgence? My Conversion Narrative, Part 3

By Dr. Valerie

The article delineates the historical background that has culminated in the contemporary practice of indulgences.

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Critique of the St John Apocalypse Movie | Part II, Trumpets

By Scott Pauline

Looking at the film's trumpet theology: unfortunate eisegesis, some literalism. Here, I start providing real strong and profound rigor to workout these trumpets. Come and see. They follow the five great sources of Catholic truth from top to bottom!

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Earth Crustal Displacement and the Possibility of Polar Shifts

By Michael A Lupo

How the ECDM needs valid research to either prove or clearly disprove so that there is a more clear path forward concerning pole shifts.

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Don’t leave Jesus’ Church because of Judas Bishops: Listen to the Trumpets!

By Scott Pauline

The scandal of the Church led to the rejection on her by the Protestants. Interestingly, once we develop a logical trajectory theology for the trumpets, of apocalypse, Trumpets 4 and 5 seem to illustrate this process very profoundly. Read for more details.

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You Duped Me O Lord: Reflections on the readings for the Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time, Cycle A

By Tom Klocek

The world is troublesome. Worldly attitudes plagued the prophet Jeremiah who was commanded by God to warn the southern kingdom turn away from their idolatry and following the ways of the world of Canaan rather than the ways of the Lord. Similarly, St. Paul and Jesus warn us to turn away from worldly things and take up our crosses daily.

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St Monica completes AA steps #1-3, in St Augustine’s "Confessions"

By The Catholic Nurse

These excerpts from St Augustine’s “Confessions,” show how St Monica leads the way

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