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Editor's Corner
Taylor Swift: Sad Tragedy, or Joyful Comedy?
(Today is Miss Swift's 35th birthday, the feast of Saint Lucy, patron saint of light. As we mention in this reprieve, may the virgin-martyr bring the wayward pop star on the path to the...
Saints
May God Raise Up More Bishops Like Ambrose
The great bishop and doctor Ambrose (340 - 397) is known for many things, not least his role in the conversion of the great Saint Augustine. When he was born, a swarm of bees...
Editor's Corner
Saint Bibiana and Single Ladies
Saint Bibiana (+ca. 363), who is commemorated today, a virgin martyred during the reign of Julian the Apostate (355-363), is the patroness of single laywomen, amongst her other heavenly duties (she is also invoked,...
Articles
Saint Caecelia and What Church Music Should Be
As the patroness of Church music, and music in general, Saint Caeceilia has her work cut out for her. A young virgin martyr in Rome, put to death either in the late second or...
Editor's Corner
The Pope, COP and Climate Change
Thereâs a story told of Father Georges Lemaitre, the priest who first proposed the theory of the Big Bang in 1927. He didnât call it that, but rather the âHypothesis of the Primeval Atomâ....
Editor's Corner
Saint Stanislaus Kostka: Travelling Far in a Short Time
Saint Stanislaus Kostka â who died in 1568 just a few months shy of his eighteenth birthday â is one of the most popular saints in Poland. His short life demonstrates two primary lessons:...
Editor's Corner
Mother Cabrini’s Lasting Legacy
In the United States, November 13th is the memorial of Saint Frances Xavier Cabrini, or 'Mother Cabrini' (1850 - 1917) as she came to be known. From her earliest years, she was drawn to...
Editor's Corner
Might a Pope Be Deposed?
On November 6th in 963, Emperor Otto I called a council in Rome, which condemned and then deposed Pope John XII, on charges that the pontiff had staged an âarmed rebellionâ against the emperor....
