Picture yourself in medieval Rome, sitting on a balcony overlooking one of the piazzas enjoying a cup of coffee, when suddenly you start to see
The Egyptian Goddess Mafdet was a powerful being who protected the pharaohs of Egypt and king of the gods, Rē. As time passed, Mafdet was
Gerald Gardner, the founder of Wicca, retired in 1936 with his wife to England and settled in the London area. He joined a nudist club
St. Thérèse of Lisieux, also known as “the Little Flower,” was just a young lady when God revealed to her through a vision that she
Located just outside of Waco, Texas sits a compound on seventy-five acres of land called the New Mount Carmel Center. New Mount Carmel Center received
Francesca had always shown great piety at a young age and she wanted to pursue the road to becoming a nun. But following her family’s
Have you ever heard of the Kool-Aid Massacre? Where one mind-controlling, manipulating man led to hundreds to their deaths? Throughout the 20th century, numerous cults
In the late-1940s, a boy who was living a normal life had his fate turned around when he went through several near death experiences. He
“I wasn’t interested in hearing arguments about God, or reading the Bible, but God’s grace was working through my imagination” – Holly Ordway.1 Dr. Holly
On September 10, 1946, Mother Teresa felt her second vocational calling. She had been doing missionary work with the Loreto Sisters for eighteen years. But
It has been over a decade since the Spanish came to the New World and conquered it, forcing the inhabitants of the continent to accept
“Whatever you do, do it for the love of Jesus. Don’t only work to please your superiors.” —Saint Alphonsa We do a lot of things
If you were given two options to choose from, family or religion, which would you choose? It is a two-way road and it is a
Imagine waking up one day and going about your regular routine, when suddenly something happens that will not only change your life but the lives
n September 1939, Poland was invaded by Nazi Germany, an event that marked the beginning of one of the most devastating periods in human history.
Winner of the Spring 2019 StMU History Media Award for Best Article in the Category of “People” Francis was faced with a very large obstacle:
Pope Paul VI shocked both the Church and the media in 1968 with his release of Humanae Vitae, an encyclical focused on the use of
The Iranian Revolution led to the overthrow of Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi, the latest ruler in the Persian monarchy that had been ruling for 2,500
American society has always had a fascination with violent crime, mass murders, and serial killers. David Berkowitz, aka the self-proclaimed “Son of Sam,” has his
Every culture in the world has a tradition that makes them stand out from the rest. People take pride in what makes them unique, and
At the heart of the mighty Aztec empire laid the capital Tenochtitlan, the Venice of the new world. No other civilization at the time could
Rejection is not something people deal with easily. When people are turned down because the other wants to preserve her own freedom, it is hard
“Hath not a Jew eyes? Hath not a Jew hands, organs, dimensions, senses, affections, passions; fed with the same food, hurt with the same weapons,
More than likely when you hear the word Druid, you conjure up an image of an old man with a beard dressed in robes dancing
Imagine at the age of twenty-three having to walk at night across the Himalayan mountains, to survive and avoid imprisonment, torture, and certain death. This
It was March 25, and the Catholic Church was celebrating the feast of the “Annunciation,” which is the day in which the angel Gabriel appeared
Winner of the Fall 2018 StMU History Media Award for Best Overall Research It was March 24, 1980. At 6:30 PM, Monsignor Oscar Romero was
Many people know of the Mexican holiday Día de Los Muertos, which is filled with vibrant colors and intricately painted faces. What many people don’t know
On April 20, 1999, seventeen-year-old Rachel Joy Scott spent the first two classes of the day drawing in her journal; it would be for the
The stories of Greek mythology are entirely fascinating and thought provoking. Nevertheless, these myths have become so popularized because of the teachings found within the
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