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Empires in Eclipse

The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation by victor davis hanson basic books, 343 pages, $20.95 . Continue Reading »

Remembering 3 heroic chaplains on the 80th anniversary of D-Day

U.S. assault troops in an LCVP landing craft approach Omaha Beach on June 6, 1944. Father Ignatius Maternowski (shown at left) died that fateful day. / Credit: Public domain/U.S. military National Catholic Register, Jun 6, 2024 / 05:00 am (CNA). Tens of thousands of Allied forces stormed the beaches of Normandy on June 6, 1944. […]

National Youth Day in Honduras: ‘Be witnesses of the love of Christ’

Attendance at 2024 National Youth Day in Honduras topped 30,000. / Credit: Youth Ministry of the Diocese of Danlí ACI Prensa Staff, Jun 6, 2024 / 07:00 am (CNA). More than 30,000 young people gathered June 1–2 in the city of Danlí, located in southeast Honduras, to participate in the Central American country’s National Youth […]

On D-Day anniversary, Pope Francis prays for men who start and prolong wars

Bishop Jacques Habert of the Diocese of Bayeux and Lisieux in France greets Britain’s Princess Anne (right) on June 5, 2024, as she arrives to attend the Commonwealth War Graves Commission’s annual service of remembrance at Bayeux Cathedral in Bayeux, Normandy, northwestern France, as part of the events to mark the 80th anniversary commemorations of […]