Our Lady of Fatima

The revelations, prophecies and secrets of Our Lady of Fatima have loomed large in the minds and heart of Catholics in the twentieth century,...

Blessed Catherine of Saint Augustine, Foundress of Canada

We have celebrated a number of 'Catherines' of late in our liturgical calendar, two of them Canadian: Kateri Tekakwitha on April 17th, the native...

Saint François de Laval and the (Re)Conversion of Canada

'Tis difficult to believe that Quebec was once a a bastion of the Faith, incarnating in an almost unique way in the historical annals...

Blessed Marie-Leonie Paradis

There is a trio of Canadian Saints in this week: Saint Marie of the Incarnation on the last day of April; Saint Francois de...

Safe at Home with Grace

Although I have been a lifelong Catholic Christian, grace has always been to me a rather nebulous term. I may have recited its definition...

Philip the Questioner and James’ Letter: Apostles and Martyrs

Philip and James, Apostles, have been celebrated together on this third day in May since the revision of the calendar in 1969. They were...

Pope Benedict and Athanasius

GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 20 June 2007 Saint Athanasius of Alexandria Dear Brothers and Sisters, Continuing our revisitation of the great Teachers of the ancient Church,...

Athanasius Contra Mundum

This second day of May is the memorial of one of the most heroic bishops in the history of the Church, the great Saint...

Work Made Light with Saint Joseph the Worker

In the waning years of the 19th century, before the war to end all wars at the dawn of the twentieth, followed by the...

A Timeless Ethical Compass: Catholic intellectual tradition and the future of common-law justice

Catholic Social Teaching and the natural law upon which it is founded are not mere historical curiosities to be kept filed away in the...