Thanking Freedom and Three Saints
I hope that all our readers had a delightful Thanksgiving weekend, a secular holiday, one may think, but as Christians we are called to...
Revolution and Renewal in England: Glimpses into the History of Catholicism in ‘Mary’s...
(On this day, January 25th, in 1533, Henry VIII secretly married his paramour Anne Boleyn, for whom he had thrown off not only his...
Cobra Kai: A Nostalgic Adventure
Cobra Kai is the latest addition to the epic Karate Kid saga. It takes place 34 years (!!) after the 1984 All Valley Karate...
Contra Cardinal McElroy’s Moral Muddle
In January, Cardinal Robert McElroy, one of the most recent Bishops elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Francis, published quite a controversial article in...
Pilgrimage as a Path to Holiness
“God evidently loves pilgrims. For to some, like Tobias, he sent angels as guides. To others, like Abraham, he just said, ‘Arise and go’”...
The Pieta’s Anamnesis: Memory and Consolation in the Eternal City
A visit to Rome prompts the author to reflect upon his own journey to Catholicism. It was not rational argument that shipwrecked the mind...
Licking the Earth
Although they knew God they did not honour him as God or give thanks to him, but they became futile in their thinking and...
The Grace of Fatherhood
On Father’s Day, we celebrate the great grace of being a father; such a vocation means that a man is being entrusted by God,...
Pope Benedict and the Birth of the Baptist
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St. Peter's Square
Sunday, 24 June 2012
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, 24 June, we are celebrating the Solemnity of St John the Baptist. He is...
The True Beauty of Liturgical Music
The tragic loss of beauty in liturgy we should not dismiss lightly, for if there is one thing we can glean from Scripture, and from...
