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Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King: The Life of Baldwin IV and the Triumph of the Cross
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Catholic, Crusader, Leper and King: The Life of Baldwin IV and the Triumph of the Cross

26 November 2024

Modern society obsessively avoids suffering, risk and danger. It secures everything with seatbelts and...

Saint Joan of Arc Was a Knight, Not a “Knightess”
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Saint Joan of Arc Was a Knight, Not a “Knightess”

29 May 2024

Everyone sees the pulchrum of the figure of Saint Joan of Arc. What is it? It is the pulchrum of a virgin...

How Converts from Islam Became the "Apple of the Eye" of Saint Louis of France
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How Converts from Islam Became the "Apple of the Eye" of Saint Louis of France

19 October 2023

A Review by Michael Whitcraft of The Apple of His Eye: Converts From Islam in the Reign of Louis IX, by...

Saints with Swords: The Military Order of Calatrava
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Saints with Swords: The Military Order of Calatrava

4 February 2020

The year is 1157. Throughout the Iberian Peninsula, battles rage between the Catholic Spaniards and the...

Jose Sanchez del Rio: Hero for Christ the King
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Jose Sanchez del Rio: Hero for Christ the King

30 December 2019

Our young saint lived in tumultuous times. The socialist government of Mexico was waging a bloody war...

Baldwin IV: King, Crusader and Leper
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Baldwin IV: King, Crusader and Leper

19 December 2019

Modern society flees from suffering, risk and danger. It secures everything with insurance policies,...

St. Joan of Arc: The Virgin Who Saved France
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St. Joan of Arc: The Virgin Who Saved France

23 July 2019

How a saintly girl did more to restore chivalry than kings, nobles and knights. A commonly voiced prophecy...

The Ten Commandments of Chivalry -- For Every Catholic Man
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The Ten Commandments of Chivalry -- For Every Catholic Man

7 January 2018

Thou shalt believe all that the Church teaches and shalt observe all its directions.Thou shalt defend the...

Knights Who Protected Pilgrims: The Order of Saint James of Altopascio
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Knights Who Protected Pilgrims: The Order of Saint James of Altopascio

6 January 2018

Often when thinking of military orders, images of white-clad warriors galloping through the rocky deserts...

How Don Pelayo Saved Catholic Spain
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How Don Pelayo Saved Catholic Spain

1 January 2018

​Vastly outnumbered but armed with invincible faith, Don Pelayo's heroic spirit attracted God's blessing...

How Our Lady Granted Victory at Lepanto
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How Our Lady Granted Victory at Lepanto

12 January 2017

In times of acute danger and hardship, we must always fly into the arms of the most powerful Mother of God...

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