Ça va bien aller: Will All Indeed Be Well?

The following reflection from contributor Father Tim McCauley offers a perspective on the financial impact of the lockdowns, in our current times of controversy....

2021: Dark State Descending, But Hope in Christ Ascending

"More than two millennia after the birth of Jesus Christ, His teachings continue to inspire and uplift billions and billions of people all over...

The Last Sunday of Advent

What follows is Pope Saint John Paul II's last Advent address, way back in 2004. He would go to his eternal reward three months...

Longing in Advent: Fourth Sunday

I don’t know about you, but I’m tired of 'Christmas'. Of course, I am not referring to the real Christmas—the birth of Jesus—but the...

Francis, Francesco and Civil Unions

On October 21, the documentary Francesco premiered at the Rome Film Festival.  Directed by Emmy-nominated director Evgeny Afineevsky, Francesco received the Kinéo Movie for...

Marcel Tyberg – a Forgotten Composer of the Holocaust

In the 75 years since the end of the Second World War and the Holocaust, it is still hard to say how much the...

Saint John of the Cross: A Sound Teacher of True Love

Today, 14 December, we celebrate the feast of a great Spanish mystic, a friend and a co-reformer of the Carmelite religious family, namely Saint...

The Voice and the Dawn

“So he said, 'I am, as Isaiah prophesied: A voice of one that cries in the desert: Prepare a way for the Lord'” (Jn 1:23). “He was...

The 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of St. Joseph as Patron Saint of the...

Besides celebrating the great solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Mother of God and Our beloved Mother, on December 8th we also...

Big data and the Birth of Christ

From the information superhighway to artificial intelligence to contact tracing for COVID-19, ours is certainly the era of “big data.” “Big data” might seem like...