Quote of the Day

"Only by instilling a high moral vision can a society ensure that its young people are given the possibility to mature as free and intelligent human beings, endowed with a robust sense of responsibility to the common good, capable of working with others to create a community and a nation with a strong moral fiber. America was built on such a vision, and the American people possess the intelligence and will to meet the challenge of rededicating themselves with renewed vigor to fostering the truths on which this country was founded and by which it grew. Those truths are enshrined in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights."

--Pope Saint John Paul II, Denver, Colorado, August 12, 1993

Quote of the Day

"Columbus was not only a good man. He was extraordinary. He was the instrument of extraordinary grace... It is one thing to say that Columbus discovered America. It is something else to realize that he opened the door to the most phenomenal spread of Christianity since the time of St. Paul.... He was the destined herald of the true faith to half of the human race."

--Fr. John A. Hardon, S. J., Christopher Columbus: The Catholic Discovery of America (Eternal Life, 2012), p. 13

Quote of the Day

"It is the common teaching of the Church that from the moment of baptism, a Christian is given his own guardian spirit. According to sound Catholic theology, this is one of the benefits of the sacrament of baptism. According to St. Basil, a doctor of the universal Church, no one will deny that an angel is present to every one of the faithful."

--Fr. John A. Hardon, S.J., Meditations on the Angels (Eternal Life, 2012), p. 117