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Today, we remember the Martyrs of Korea, a group of 103, who were persecuted and killed between 1839 and 1867 (although there were serious waves of persecution before that time as well). Here’s a page on the history of the Church in Korea and here’s an article by Ann Ball. Note how the most rabid…

Caring for the newborns: First came the rising floodwaters, and the pregnant woman started praying. Please, she said to herself, please don’t let me give birth to my twins in this hot, dark attic surrounded by water. Finally, using a crowbar and hammer, friends pried open the roof and she made her way out by…

There are, of course, lots of them along the Gulf Coast now. Here’s one featured in the Providence, RI paper because one of the teachers is a native of the area. Story: The children at St. Peter the Apostle Elementary School in Pascagoula, Miss., had just started their first weeks of school when Hurricane Katrina…

At The Spectator, Shawn Macomber on a remarkable young man: With the calloused end of a single finger, Miles Forma is putting the vast majority of the rest of us to shame. Wheelchair-bound, robbed of his speech and most other movement by cerebral palsy, the 17-year-old Forma could be understandably focused — fixated, even —…
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