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Editor's Corner
Saint Gabriel Possenti – God, Prayer…and Guns?
Gabriel of the Seven Sorrows, who died on this day in 1862, may be seen as a kind of male Saint Thérèse, but, as in all things male and female, different; Both were difficult,...
Editor's Corner
Saint Polycarp’s Baked Bread and Boldness
The Church has had martyrs since her earliest days, and will have them unto the end of time. One of the first in the post-apostolic era was Saint Polycarp (+155 A.D.), whom we commemorate...
Editor's Corner
Leaning on Peter’s Chair
The Chair of Saint Peter, is a comforting one, a symbol of the 'pillar and bulwark' of the truth, which is the Church, signifying by synecdoche the office of the papacy, instituted by Christ,...
Featured Highlights
Blessed Jacinta and Francisco Marto – The Youngest Canonized Saints, but Not the Least
On this day in 1920, February 20th, the 'Spanish' influenza took the life of nine-year old Jacinta Marto, as she lay alone in a hospital bed. She had suffered for weeks, including a vain...
Articles
Prayers for Pope Francis
Pope Francis is in hospital, with what seems like bronchitis, even if his medical condition, and the severity thereof, is not made public, as is the custom with those who hold the highest office...
Editor's Corner
White Rose, Vance, Freedom and Truth
On February 18th, 1942, the Gestapo rounded up the leaders of the White Rose resistance movement, four of them young students, and one a professor, at the University of Munich - Willi Graf, Kurt Huber, Christoph...
Editor's Corner
The Seven Servite Saints of the Virgin Mary
The Seven Founders of the Servite Order commemorate the group of cloth merchants who in 1233 left everything to follow Christ, with a special devotion to the Virgin Mary, particularly in her own union...
Editor's Corner
Saint Claude de la Colombière
Claude de la Colombière (1641 – 1682) is known primarily for his role as the spiritual director of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, the recipient of numerous visions of the Sacred Heart, devotion to which...
