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Bart Millard, lead singer of the popular Christian band Mercy Me, took just minutes to write the hit song “I Can Only Imagine,” but its inspiration was years in the making. This film of the same name provides a back story based largely on events from Millard’s formative years...

Father Fred Klotter is the first chaplain to serve Legatus’ Louisville Chapter, which just chartered on February 7. Father Klotter, 56, a priest of the Archdiocese of Louisville for 21 years, is also the current pastor of Holy Spirit Parish in Louisville, Kentucky.

Nancy Haskell, 41, a Michigan native who has worked for Legatus since 1999, became Legatus’ vice president in September 2017. Formerly the Great Lakes regional director, Haskell now oversees a variety of the organization’s day-to-day activities.

"Tell me what you eat and I will tell you what you are,” penned the world-renowned chef, Anthelme Brillat-Savarin, in his 1826 volume The Physiology of Taste. German philosopher and moralist, Ludwig Feuerbach, also believed that “man is what he eats.”

Knowing your "healthy" numbers is a great way to establish baselines and determine what you may need to change to maintain optimal health...

It’s a very clever device: bring together two disparate thinkers from history, have them meet in the comfort of your living room, and imagine the lively conversation that might ensue. Dr. Benjamin Wiker accomplishes this by pairing the likes of Henry VIII with St. Thomas More, Ayn Rand with Flannery O’Connor, Niccolo Machiavelli with St. Francis of Assisi…

“Catholicism and intelligence belong together,” writes Fr. James Schall, professor emeritus of Georgetown University and a prolific writer, in his introduction to this philosophical journey affirming the necessity of both reason and revelation in the search for truth...

The just-released film “Samson” takes some liberties with the scriptural story from Judges 13-16 and places it within a smooth and engaging narrative...

I was pleasantly surprised a few years ago when visiting our parish CCD class. A young boy simply said: “You have to be good in order to be happy.” I told him that St. Thomas Aquinas would be pleased to hear him say this. But how do we make good choices in life?

The Church has confronted a dazzling and depressing number of heresies in her long history – Gnosticism, Pelagianism, Jansenism, to name just a few – and one that for a time seemed on the verge of establishing its dark ascendancy over Christianity was Arianism. At its heart, Arianism proposed that the Son of God was not eternal but was created by the Father from nothing. Christ was thus a changeable creature, his dignity bestowed upon him as Son of God.

On the evening of February 7, 2018, the Legatus colors of red and gold adorned Hurstbourne Country Club as the newly inducted members of the Louisville chapter raised their glasses of Kentucky bourbon in celebration of becoming the 24th chartered chapter of Legatus in the Great Lakes Region.

Though not quoted once in Scripture, St. Joseph’s example as recorded in the New Testament reveals a just man who had the humility to take the Blessed Virgin Mary as his wife and to become the foster father of Jesus Christ...

Our mission as Legates is to study, live and spread the faith… I want to touch on the importance of studying our faith.

The role of Catholic clergy is pivotal in developing Western culture at key moments in history in this scholarly volume. Naturally folks like Sts. Augustine and Benedict get their due, but Slattery also highlights the impact of priests like Alcuin, mentor to Charlemagne...

These laws are based on the immutable principles of selling that I learned in my real estate days and are invaluable for effective evangelization.

Making decisions about assisted nutrition and hydration can be challenging. We are blessed with the gift of the Catholic Church’s clear moral teachings to guide us. While assisted suicide and euthanasia – seeking to eliminate the sufferer as a means of removing suffering – are always immoral, there are nonetheless times when there is no moral obligation for a patient to receive food and water. Here’s a quick primer on when and why.