Catholics in the Military

John Fitzgerald was an aide-de-camp to George Washington who helped him avoid a coup and helped build Virginia's first Catholic church....

In 1836, the Potawatomi, many of whom were Catholic, were force-marched from Indiana to Kansas. A young priest named Benjamin Petit, joined them....

St. Padre Pio had some interesting interactions with US servicemen during and after WWII, including reports of a flying friar waving off bombers....

The poet Joyce Kilmer was a Catholic convert who wrote "Trees" and more poems, and died heroically during World War I in France....

As director of mission control, Gene Kranz oversaw dozens of NASA spaceflights, including Apollo 11 and 13. And his Catholic faith played a large role...

The Influenza pandemic of 1918 hit Philadelphia particularly hard, killing up to 16,000 people. The Catholic Church in the city stepped up to help mig...

Fr. Pierre Gibault and Francis Vigo were instrumental in helping George Rogers Clark defeat the British in the western theatre of the Revolutionary Wa...

Fr. Peter Whelan was an elderly Irish priest in Georgia and South Carolina who brought Christ to the sick and imprisoned during the Civil War. Tom and...

James Braddock was a rags-to-riches-to-rags-to-riches story of the 1920s and 30s, and was heavyweight boxing champion, winning in a stunning upset vic...

Commodore John Barry was an Irish immigrant who became known as the Father of the US Navy, its first commissioned officer, and first flag officer....

James Longstreet was a Civil War Confederate general rejected by his former compatriots after the war, who eventually became Catholic....