Editors Note:  It will be hard for some to not read this entirely in the context of their political approach in 2019.  This, however, is a beautiful response to those that reduce humanity to abstractions worth hating – and killing.  I grew up in a poor neighborhood with many Hispanics, and it is from them and their stable and festive homes sup...

I was blessed to celebrate the centenary of Our Lady’s first apparition at Fatima at Our Lady of Fatima Parish in Lakewood, Colorado. The church has a special Holy Door and a second class relic from the coffins of Sts. Jacinta and Francisco. You can obtain a plenary indulgence by making a pilgrimage there this year. For the anniversary, the paris...