Friday, February 20, 2026

The Gift of Consecrated Life

The recent feast of the Presentation of Our Jesus Christ at the Temple, the child Who is truly the light of the world, is...

Saint Damien of Molochai

(In light of the recent memorial of Saint Marianne Cope, who also worked amongst the lepers of Hawaii, and who nursed Father Damian on...

Antiqua and Nova: Artificial and Human Intelligence

(The Vatican - specifically, the Dicasteries for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the Dicastery for Culture - have issued a warning on the...

Third Sunday: Nehemiah, Ezra and Restoring All Things

‘This day is holy to the Lord your God; do not mourn or weep.’ For all the people wept when they heard the words...

The Catholic Conqueror, Charles Martel

(As Europe confronts the problems of mass immigration, especially from Muslim nations, with yet another deadly stabbing by a 'mentally disturbed' Afghan asylum seeker,...

Second Sunday: Do Whatever He Tells You

His mother said to the servants, ‘Do whatever he tells you’ (Jn. 2:5). â§Ÿ In the Gospel of St. John which we have just heard,...

The Hidden, Mystical Life of Servant of God Rozalia Celak

KrakĂłw is an immensely popular pilgrimage destination and undoubtedly the most frequented tourist city in Poland. It is a home to over 350 Roman...

Constantine the Great

Tertullian rightly said that the blood of the early martyrs became the seed of Christianity. Hardly anything can be so impressive to those outside...

The Cleansing Power of Baptism

A biblical text can become so familiar that we simply bypass statements that would ordinarily puzzle us. I’m thinking of an aspect of the...

Shakespeare the Catholic

William Shakespeare was born at Stratford-on-Avon on April 23rd, 1564. His formal education, it is speculated, was limited. Some believe that not being university...