The story of the Irishman who invented the submarine
Of course the Irish have composed a drinking song about "the man from Clare."
Jean Elizabeth Seah
Jean Elizabeth Seah writes from Brisbane, Australia. She is a freelance writer and managing editor at http://ignitumtoday.com/
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Chinese intellectuals were eager to hear from the priest-missionaries who came their way.
Meet Maria Agnesi: First female mathematics professor
This 18th-century prodigy was an intellectual of staggering brilliance, and a faithful Catholic servant of the poor.
Louis Braille: The blind Catholic musician who invented touch-reading
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Louis Pasteur: Father of microbiology, and a Catholic
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Witold Pilecki: The man who volunteered to be imprisoned at Auschwitz
Leaving behind everything he loved on earth, he "entered something seemingly no longer of it.”
If gambling is so bad, why do churches promote bingo and raffles?
Done in excess, games of chance can become occasions of evil.
Monsignor Hugh O’Flaherty: Rescuer of Jews, Allies, and … Nazis?
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Taking back Sundays for the sake of “holy leisure”
Americans find virtue in working hard, but there is virtue, too, in following God's own lead and really taking that day of rest.
Batman is probably a Catholic, along with the Hulk, Hellboy, Gambit and Shi
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“Cultural appropriation” or authentic inculturation? The work of love
Taking on the clothes, styles and languages of another culture as part of a gentle evangelization has a long pedigree.
Sister Miriam: The Dominican nun who helped discover DNA
The Michigan-based nun was also a prominent cancer researcher, educator, and lecturer.
10 Places in the world that have Catholic names
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The Catholic pioneer of germ theory and antiseptic procedures
Ignaz Semmelweis' name doesn't quite roll off the tongue the way Lister's does, but he saved many lives by his observations.
The Catholic doctor who invented the stethoscope
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The Chinese emperor’s Catholic poetry
Emperor Kangxi was China's longest-reigning monarch and a tolerant scholar friendly to Christianity.