Oct 6, 2026 | Catholicism, Interviews, Vatican
FALLS CHURCH, Virginia (October 6, 2026) — Patrick Novecosky recently joined host Lois Lindstrom on The Bookman’s Corner for a wide-ranging conversation about his 2020 book, 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World. The interview explored many of the defining moments...
Oct 1, 2026 | Catholicism, Opinion, Vatican
The FedEx truck pulled up just as I was getting in my car to go to work this morning. It’s October 1, the feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux, and the shipment was something I’d been waiting years to see. Inside were my author copies of Icons of Mercy: The Faith,...
Sep 25, 2026 | Catholicism, Opinion & Analysis
There are moments when history and providence seem to converge. On Thursday in St. Louis, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen was beatified, nearly seven years after the Vatican first approved the miracle that cleared the way for the beloved American bishop to be declared...
Sep 24, 2026 | Catholicism, Opinion & Analysis
America has three native-born canonized saints. All three are women: Elizabeth Ann Seton, Katharine Drexel, and Kateri Tekakwitha. But who will be the first native-born American man raised to the altars? It is, admittedly, a strange kind of race. Saints don’t compete...
Sep 11, 2026 | Catholicism, faith, Opinion & Analysis
Eighty years ago today, a Catholic nun boarded a train in India and heard a call that would change the world. She had no money, no organization, no media platform, and no army of followers. She had something far more powerful: the conviction that Jesus Christ was...
Jul 3, 2026 | Catholicism, Vatican
As the United States approaches its 250th birthday, Catholics have good reason to reflect on one of the most influential figures in modern American religious life: Pope St. John Paul II. Long before he became the globe-trotting pontiff who captivated the world, Karol...
