World War II (WWII)

A nonprofit dedicated to supporting the U.S. Army has released a graphic novel highlighting the story and service of Father Emil Kapaun.

“We must abandon the fists, weapons, and tools of violence we hold in our hands, and stop creating and using nuclear weapons.”

A Franciscan monastery that survived an atomic bombing, the Knights of Columbus Supreme Convention, young adult groups inspired by Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati and more were in our news coverage …

“It was through his faith that he was able to live the tragedy of the atomic destruction to the truth of its very meaning.”

(OSV News) — There was nothing elegant about St. Peter’s in Chains, the small chapel where Servant of God Father Joseph Verbis Lafleur celebrated Christmas Eve Mass on Dec. 24, …

On Aug. 6, the feast of the Transfiguration, one of the commanders asked the sisters to open the convent for use as a military base.

Father Kolbe encouraged the Japanese friars to remain faithful to their mission despite wartime hardships, placing all in Mary’s hands.

Blessed Iuliu Hossu was named a cardinal “in pectore” — secretly — by St. Paul VI in 1969. But the bishop was in a communist prison in Romania and never …

Passion play in northwestern Polish city recalls one of the first mass murders of World War II.

President Donald Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act March 15 for the first time since World War II, sparking a legal battle and concern over due process.