André Frossard, the atheist journalist who found God in 2 minutes.

A son of one of the founders of the French Communist Party. Raised without faith.
Committed atheist.

Until one day in 1969, that's when everything changed -a 🧵✝️
He was walking the streets of Paris with a friend.

His friend stopped and said: “I need to go inside here for a moment.”

It was a small Catholic chapel.
Frossard wasn’t interested, but he was curious.

He stepped inside.

In 1912, Alexis Carrel won the Nobel Prize in Medicine.

He was a brilliant doctor, and an outspoken skeptic.
No miracles, no supernatural. He didn't believe in God, let alone the Catholic Church.

Until one trip to Lourdes changed everything.

The scientist who converted - a 🧵
From the time of Blessed Mary’s first apparition to Bernadette Soubirous, the water from the Lourdes Grotto has been a source of miraculous healing both for those who have visited the Grotto and even for those who used the water in remote places.

Since the time of Bernadette, over 7,000 miraculous cures have been reported to the Lourdes Medical Bureau by pilgrims who have visited Lourdes (this does not include miracles that have taken place outside of Lourdes).

There were so many purported cures associated with the water and Grotto of Lourdes that the Catholic Church set up the Lourdes Medical Bureau to be constituted by and under the leadership of physicians and scientists alone.

Today, the Church celebrates one of the greatest mysteries in salvation history: the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into Heaven.

A dogma of faith, a prophecy fulfilled, and the promise of our own resurrection.

The Assumption of Our Lady - a 🧵✝️
The Assumption is not merely a pious legend.
It is Dogma, solemnly defined by Pope Pius XII in Munificentissimus Deus (1950):

“The Immaculate Mother of God… having completed the course of her earthly life, was assumed body and soul into heavenly glory.”

"Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit"

This is what Christ told the apostles

Aand after the Pentecost, they would go forth to the ends of the Earth

Here’s where each Apostle went - a 🧵 1) Saint Peter, leader of the Apostles, first Pope.

Preached in Jerusalem, Antioch, Rome and across Asia Minor.

Finally, in Rome, he was crucified upside-down under Nero (c. 64 AD), saying he was unworthy to die like Christ.

🇯🇵 The Catholic Samurais of Japan - a ✝️
When we think of samurai, the image that comes to mind is of warriors following the Bushidō (the code of honor). But few know that, in feudal Japan, there were samurai who embraced Catholicism and lived (and died) for Christ.

When the Titanic began to sink, a priest refused a lifeboat.

He stayed on deck, hearing confessions until the very last second.

Who was Fr. Thomas Byles, and what did he say before vanishing beneath the waves?

The Last Mass on the Titanic – a🧵✝️
Fr. Thomas Byles was an English Catholic priest, bound for New York to celebrate his brother’s wedding.

Born in Yorkshire the oldest of seven children, Thomas was the son of a Congregationalist minister. At Oxford while studying theology, he converted to the Church of England.

Later, like his younger brother William, he became a Roman Catholic and received the name Thomas.

When William invited his brother to come to New York City to officiate at his wedding 1912, Father Thomas planned to sail there.

His parishioners, who loved and appreciated him, helped pay for his trip with the White Star Line. At the last minute that trip was cancelled, and he was transferred to a new ship, the RMS Titanic.

It was April 10, 1912, when he boarded the RMS Titanic, carrying his breviary, his rosary and his personal belongings

An atheist who became a saint.
French aristocrat. Soldier. Explorer. Atheist.
Charles de Foucauld had everything, except God.

One encounter changed everything.

How an atheist became a living saint - a 🧵
Charles was born in 1858 into a noble family in France. As a child, he lost both parents.

His pious grandfather took in Charles and his younger sister and they lived with him until the grandfather’s death at which time Charles was eighteen years old.

He inherited a huge fortune.
And he used it to live recklessly, far from faith.

Although his grandfather had tried to bring him up in the Church, Charles rejected the Faith as a teenager. Still, he was sent to a boarding school run by the Jesuits.

Unfortunately, having lost his faith, Charles rebelled against the discipline of the school which he felt was imposing upon him a way of life that forced religious observance among other ascetic practices.

To some, the Crucifixion is just a legend.

But for 2,000 years, Christians have safeguarded the evidence.

These are 10 holy relics of Christ’s Passion that still exist today - a🧵

1. The Crown of Thorns in Notre-Dame, Paris.
2. The True Cross in Jerusalem, Rome, and beyond

After Emperor Constantine’s mother, St. Helena, discovered the Cross in the 4th century, fragments were dispersed to churches across Christendom.

Today, you can venerate parts of the True Cross in:

>Basilica of the Holy Cross, Rome
>Church of the Holy Sepulchre, Jerusalem
>Monastery of Mount Athos, Greece

These relics are among the most sacred in the world.

People say: “There’s no proof Christianity is true.”

Well, how about a mass produced statue of the Virgin Mary weeping REAL human tears?

Not once, not twice. Dozens of times.
Confirmed by doctors. Approved by the Church

This is the Miracle of Syracuse - a 🧵
The story begins with a wedding gift.

A simple plaster bas-relief of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, made in Tuscany, was given to Angelo & Antonina Iannuso in March 1953.

They hung it above their bed. Nothing special, yet.

To some, the “Three Days of Darkness” is just a myth.

But for centuries, Catholic mystics have warned of it,
& their voices, across eras and nations, all echo the same chilling pattern.

Not the end of the world.

But a chastisement unlike anything mankind has ever seen - a 🧵
First, a clarification: the time of public revelation ended with the death of St. John, the last Apostle.

Everything since, Fatima included, is private revelation.

You’re not obliged to believe it as a Catholic.

You've probably heard about many of St. Padre Pio's miracles.

Miraculous healings, the stigmata, speaking to angels

But did you know St. Padre Pio appeard to a Cardinal tortured by communists in prison while never leaving his monestary?

Padre Pio & the communist prison - a 🧵
Venerable Cardinal József Mindszenty was one of the greatest Catholic heroes of the 20th century.

He defied the Communists in Hungary, endured years of torture, and never betrayed the Faith.

You should wear a St. Benedict Medal. Why?

It’s one of the Church’s most powerful sacramentals.
But most people have no idea where it comes from or what it really says.

The story of the Saint Benedict Medal & its battle cry - a 🧵✝️
Saint Benedict of Nursia (480–547) was born into a collapsing world.

Rome had fallen. Barbarian warlords ruled.
Paganism, heresy, and chaos spread everywhere.

He left it all behind to seek God alone in the silence of the mountains.

You should pray an Hail Mary.
It’s short, simple and biblical.

It is one of the most powerful prayers in existence.

Here’s why it’s biblical, Christ-centered, loved by the saints and feared by hell - a🧵✝️
1) It's straight from Scripture.

The Hail Mary isn’t a medieval invention.
Its first lines come directly from the Bible:
> “Hail, full of grace, the Lord is with thee.” - Luke 1,28
> “Blessed art thou among women, and blessed is the fruit of thy womb.” - Luke 1,42

When you pray it, you pray Scripture.

Statues weeping? Sounds like a movie.
But what if I told you this really happened, in Japan, in 1973.

A wooden statue of the Virgin Mary wept human tears 101 times. Scientists confirmed it.

And Mary gave a warning for our times.

The miracle of Our Lady of Akita - a 🧵✝️ 🇯🇵
The story begins with Sister Agnes Sasagawa, a humble nun in Akita, Japan

She was almost completely deaf.
And yet, on June 12, 1973, she began to experience strange phenomena in the convent chapel

On June 12, 1973, Sasagawa saw brilliant rays coming from the tabernacle at the convent. The vision happened again on each of the following two days.

Then, on June 28, a painful cross-shaped wound, which bled profusely, appeared on Sasagawa’s hand.

Most Catholics know the short prayer to Saint Michael.
Few know why it was written.

Pope Leo XIII didn’t just hear Satan boast, he saw a terrifying vision of the future: the Church besieged, a century of darkness & a final battle

What did Pope Leo really see? - a🧵✝️
October 13, 1884. Pope Leo XIII had just finished Mass in the Vatican chapel.

Suddenly, he stopped at the foot of the altar, frozen in a trance, face pale.

Witnesses say he stood still for 10 minutes, eyes fixed, lips moving as if in dialogue.

Then he rushed to write something down

When the Spanish Civil War broke out in 1936, revolutionary mobs stormed churches & persecuted the faithful.

One of the first things they did?
They opened fire on a statue of Jesus Christ.

Why? Because it was a war against God.

The Spanish Civil War & Christ's Victory - a 🧵🇪🇸
The Spanish Civil War wasn’t just politics.
It was a war against God.

The Republican side, dominated by communists and anarchists, launched one of the bloodiest persecutions of Christians in modern history.

Churches were burned, altars desecrated & priests tortured and killed.

1600's, Quito, Ecuador.

The Mother of God gave terrifying prophecies about the 20th century:
>A free-masonic take over
>A crisis in the Church
>The collapse of morals
>The rise of evil in high places

Our Lady of Good Success - a 🧵
In the Convent of the Immaculate Conception, a Spanish nun named Mother Mariana de Jesús Torres lived a hidden life of prayer and sacrifice.

She was visited many times by the Virgin Mary, who called herself: “Our Lady of Good Success of the Purification”

The Catholic tradition teaches about the Nine Choirs of Angels, the heavenly hierarchy serving God with perfect love and obedience.

From the blazing Seraphim to our humble Guardian Angels, here’s how each order serves the Lord.

The Nine Choirs of Angels - a 🧵✝️
Seraphim, the highest order.

They burn with the pure love of God and are closest to His throne.

The name Seraph literally means “burning one” (cf. Isaiah 6).

They cry out eternally: “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord God of hosts!”

They are what people usually say are "biblically accurate angels"

Satan doesn’t just fear Saint Michael’s sword.
He hates and fears his name.

Why, you ask? Because every time it’s spoken, it reminds him of his eternal humiliation.

Here’s what “Michael” really means, and why Hell trembles at it - a🧵✝️
Michael isn't just a name. It’s a question.
Mi-cha-El in Hebrew means: “Who is like God?”

It’s the cry of humble loyalty in the face of the pride of Lucifer and his minions.

"Quis ut Deus?!"

We hear sermons about Jesus.
We pray to the Father.
But the Holy Spirit is often forgotten. Yet, without Him, faith is lifeless.

"The Spirit of God, who raised Jesus from the dead, lives in you" - Romans 8,11

Let’s talk about the Holy Spirit - a 🧵
According to the Cathecism:

"Holy Spirit" is the proper name of the one whom we adore and glorify with the Father and the Son. the Church has received this name from the Lord and professes it in the Baptism of her new children.16

The term "Spirit" translates the Hebrew word ruah, which, in its primary sense, means breath, air, wind. Jesus indeed uses the sensory image of the wind to suggest to Nicodemus the transcendent newness of him who is personally God's breath, the divine Spirit.17 On the other hand, "Spirit" and "Holy" are divine attributes common to the three divine persons. By joining the two terms, Scripture, liturgy, and theological language designate the inexpressible person of the Holy Spirit, without any possible equivocation with other uses of the terms "spirit" and "holy."

The tilma of Guadalupe has a miracle that has only been revealed by modern science

In her mantle a hidden secret: the flowers and starts reveal a heavenly melody

This is the song given to us by the Blessed Virgin - a 🧵✝️ It all begins with a mystery.

The tilma of Saint Juan Diego is not just an image: it’s a living sign. Science has been baffled by its:
>Incorruptible cactus fiber
>Unpainted colors
>Reflections in the Virgin’s eyes
>Cosmic & geographical symbolism

But it hides more.