Saint Rose of Lima (1586-1617) was a Peruvian Catholic lay Dominican. She was known for her life of penance and care for the poor, and was canonized by Pope Clement X in 1671--the first canonized saint born in the Americas.
Apart from the cross, there is no other ladder by which we may get to heaven.
Scott Bradford is a writer and technologist who has been putting his opinions online since 1995. He believes in three inviolable human rights: life, liberty, and property. He is a Catholic Christian who worships the trinitarian God described in the Nicene Creed. Scott is a husband, nerd, pet lover, and AMC/Jeep enthusiast with a B.S. degree in public administration from George Mason University.
