J. Francis Cardinal Stafford

Catholic Heroes of Civil and Human Rights

History & Biography

“From the American and French Revolutions in the late 1700s and early 1800s the modern world sprang forth. The ensuing 1900s became the most violent in history. Western culture was turned upside-down and continues to exhibit fatal symptoms of complete collapse. The two World Wars are indisputable signs of suicidal germs incubating within the heart of Europe and North America. This book elaborates on how Catholic women and men over the ensuing eras responded to the cataclysms. Its author, Roxanne King, with whom I had the privilege of cultivating Christ’s fields in the Archdiocese of Denver, has brought forth a varied and rich harvest. From seeds of the natural law five fruits emerged: freedom, perseverance, hope, justice and conscience. With the Church’s teachings on these five gifts, the author’s hope is that the Catholic imagination may be revivified. The integrated and mature witness of the Catholics from a variety of historical backgrounds that she elaborates upon in the book offers a fertile field for a reader’s hope to grow and prosper.”