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DENVER, Colo. — Legatus’ monthly membership magazine picked up three international press awards on June 21.

DENVER, Colo. — Legatus’ monthly membership magazine picked up three international press awards on June 21.

Monsignor Steven J. Raica discovered his vocation by serving the church, first as an altar boy at Mass in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, later in a campus parish at Michigan State University. In the early years of his priesthood,

I’ll never forget the first time I saw Les Misérables on Broadway. I was hooked. Every time I had the chance to visit Manhattan, I was sure to make the time to catch another performance. In all, I saw it at least five times.

Inside the Vatican magazine’s founder and editor, Robert Moynihan, delivers an enlightening introduction to Pope Francis. Readers will come to know the Holy Father well through Moynihan’s expert storytelling and his use of historical documentation and personal anecdotes from people who know Cardinal Bergoglio well.

Andrea Tornielli, one of the world’s most respected “Vaticanistas,” delves into the new Pope’s personality by examining the former cardinal’s words, ideas, and personal recollections — including material up to the final hours before his election.

Since Pope Francis’ March 13 election, several biographies have hit the shelves. Matthew Bunson, one of America’s leading authorities on the papacy and the Church, introduces us to the new Pope by plunging deep into the life of the former Argentinean cardinal.

When there is credible evidence of an apparition, the Church engages in empirical, rational, moral, and theological investigation. From the beginning, the Church assumed responsibility for investigating unusual supernatural phenomena.

Catholics believe human life is intrinsically valuable, and therefore one should never intentionally kill an innocent person, whether oneself or someone else. This is central to our moral convictions. But it is being challenged by a virulent campaign in favor of physician-assisted suicide (PAS).

When I was 13 years old, my brother and I caught a ride home from summer camp with another family from my hometown. My parents were busy that afternoon, so we were dropped off at my maternal grandmother’s house.

Charles Carroll of Carrollton is known to most Americans as the only Catholic to sign the Declaration of Independence. In doing so, Carroll arguably put far more at risk than any other Signer.

The most challenging questions I’m asked when speaking about the Church’s teaching on homosexuality come from parents who desire to remain committed to the teachings of the Church, and yet have a child who has “come out” and identified as gay or lesbian. This is what I tell them.

More Christians died for their faith in the 20th century than in the previous 19 centuries combined. Representative of these is Ignatius Maloyan, an Armenian Rite Catholic bishop who died in the Armenian genocide.

Each year Legatus honors a number of outstanding members. I had the privilege of presenting the 2012 Courage in the Marketplace award to the Weingartz family (Detroit Northeast Chapter) and to Bill and Andy Newland (Denver Chapter). Christopher and Mary Anne Yep of the Chicago Chapter had previously received the Courage in the Marketplace award at our 2013 Summit.