

The Catholic Defender: Presentation of the Lord
February 2, 1 B.C. “When the days were completed for their purification (40 days) according to the law of Moses, they took him up to...


The Catholic Defender: Saint Ansgar "Apostle Of The North"
801–865 Patron Saint of Scandinavia, Denmark, Sweden, and various locations in Germany Declared a saint by Pope Nicolas I c. 865...


The Catholic Defender: The Chair of Saint Peter
Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah. For flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but my heavenly Father. And so I say to you, you...


The Catholic Defender: Saint John Bosco
John Bosco, also known as Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco and Don Bosco, was born in Becchi, Italy, on August 16, 1815. His birth came just...