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Peasant Girl to Battlefield Commander
St. Joan of Arc and the Hundred Years’ War |
| Most Catholics know the story of the Maid of Orléans. Few, however, have all the facts about the remarkable role she played in the history of civilization. Behind the myth is a true story of extraordinary piety and courage. |
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By Christopher Check
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Henry V
Not the Branagh Version |
| The true story of Henry V’s conquest of France is no heroic tale of the triumph of the underdog. |
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Brutality Replaces Chivalry as Church’s Influence Wanes
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| The Hundred Years’ War marked a turning point in the history of armed conflict. |
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Further Reading
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| More resources about St. Joan |
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The Church Militant or the Church Belligerent
How Fighting for the Faith Can Destroy Charity |
| We live in difficult times—times that require us to be joyful warriors in God’s army. But it’s easy to allow ourselves to become battle-weary and to succumb to anger, bitterness, and rancor. But it is especially difficult times that call for saints of serenity and joy who can rebuild the Church and the culture.
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By Fr. Paul Scalia
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So Should Your Lips be Sweetened with Your God
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| Suggestions for charitable witness from a spiritual classic |
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Further Reading
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| More about how to evangelize effectively |
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Love and the Skeptic
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| How can an atheist explain love? After all, if there is no God and no spiritual realm, then all that exists is the material world. Biology may be able to explain sexual impulses, but it cannot adequately explain love. So an atheist who genuinely loves another person isn’t as far from God as he may think. Love inevitably leads to God.
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By Carl E. Olson
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If We "Create Our Own Meaning," Is Love Real?
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| Conversations with atheists on the nature and source of love |
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Further Reading
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| Suggested titles on the virtue of charity |
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How Do We Know It’s the True Church?
Twelve Things to Look For |
| When it comes to the tough questions, we want to go to a reliable authority for answers, but how do we know if the authority is reliable? One sign that the Catholic Church’s authority is genuine is that its teachings are intellectually challenging yet accessible to the simplest people; its adherents include the greatest minds in history and simple peasants.
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By Fr. Dwight Longenecker
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