The Catholic Difference ROME. Amidst all the Sturm und Drang of Synod-2015, something genuinely new in the life of the Church began, and it shouldn’t escape our notice. For the first time in two millennia, an entry in the liturgical books will now read, on the appropriate day, “Saints Louis and Zélie Martin, Spouses” – a happy addition to “Martyr,” “Confessor,” “Bishop,” “Religious,” “Pope,” etc, in the pantheon of vocations to sanctity. Spouses: a married couple, together o

In this video, a mother is using her phone to record her husband leaving for work and her son (barely a toddler) goes to kiss him good bye. As the toddler's dad is driving away, the son repeatedly shouts in his tiny voice, "bye daddy!" - "I love you daddy!" - "be careful daddy!” The Father with his window down responds every time with, "I love you sunshine!", "I love you son!” As I was browsing through Facebook this morning, I stumbled upon this video. I had seen it befor