Steve’s Talk In Rome: Martyrdom, Persecution, Denying Christ and Running the Race
Every time we visit Rome, I take our group to “the martyrdom church“, which is what I call the Church of Santo Stefano Rotondo. The walls are covered in graphic,…
The Ship & the Rafts: A Convert Looks Back at his Protestant Raft
Imagine that a king establishes a new country on the other side of the ocean. It is called the Celestial City and has streets paved with gold. To populate his…
Catherine of Siena and Leaving the Church
What this 14th-century mystic can teach us about fidelity to Christ and to a Church in crisis Thomas McDermott, OP Since we are in Siena Italy today, I thought this…