Cardinal Mindszenty and Pius XII: A Lost Tale for All Seasons
(A fitting time in this Pentecost to recall with contributor Joseph Donnelly the all-too-forgotten JĂłzsef Cardinal Mindszenty, the 50th anniversary of whose death in...
The New Lepers?
(I have an article coming out on the scientific method - how we develop 'models' to explain the universe, either in some small way...
Beatitudes and the Imitatio Christi
For I will leave in the midst of you a people humble and lowly. They shall seek refuge in the name of the Lord...
Goel Redeemer, the Avenger of Blood
Jesus has redeemed sinners through his passion, death, and resurrection, and this paschal mystery can never be fully grasped by the human mind. However,...
Should We Care About Pride?
This is a question that I find myself pondering with some regularity, but for the last few years during the month of June –...
John Paul II at Lourdes
PILGRIMAGE
OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II
TO LOURDES ON THE OCCASION OF 150TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THE PROMULGATION OF THE DOGMA
OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION
HOMILY OF THE HOLY...
Cardinal Stephen Langton and the Magna Carta
(A very a propos and providential piece by Carl Sundell, as we all have our own truculent and tyrannical 'King Johns' sitting on our...
The Stars are Falling
As we approach the end of the liturgical year, the readings at Mass once again turn to the end of this world and the...
Christmas—The Fullness of Love
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy; I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full....
The Middle Ages: The True ‘Gothic’
Long ago, there was a surefire test by which to recognize a truly cultured person: anyone who could hear the William Tell overture without...
