Martin Barillas

Martin Barillas is a writer and translator, having once served as a U.S. diplomat in Europe and South America. A lifelong Catholic, he resides in Michigan with his wife Alice and their four children and grandchild. He has written on a variety of topics, including human rights, politics and religion. He is also a novelist.

Catholic Land Movement co-founders Andrew Ewell (top left) and Michael Guidice (top right), pictured here on the steps of St. Peter’s Basilica. / Credit: Photo courtesy of Andrew Ewell

In Vatican meetings, Catholic Land Movement proclaims faith, family, and farming

Michael Guidice and Andrew Ewell founded Catholic Land Movement, an initiative that traces its lineage to the Catholic Land Associations...

Nave of St. Josaphat Ukranian Catholic Cathedral in Parma, Ohio. / Credit: Nheyob, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Eastern Catholics Begin Nativity Fast to Empty Themselves as Did Christ in the Incarnation

Eastern Christians — both Catholic and Orthodox — observe the Nativity Fast, a penitential and preparatory time before the great...

A Coptic Orthodox church in Old Cairo, a historic area of the Egyptian capital. / Credit: Sun_Shine via Shutterstock

Arsonists Burn Down Homes of Egypt’s Beleaguered Christians

Muslim extremists set on fire several homes of Christians in Minya, a province in southern Egypt, in a continuation of...