Sunday, November 23, 2025

9-11 and Saving Civilization in the Holy Name of Mary

The date for the attack on the Two Towers twenty years ago was not randomly chosen, for it was on September 11th three and...

Athanasius Contra Mundum

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

Pope Benedict and Martha’s Way

BENEDICT XVI ANGELUS Courtyard of the Papal Residence, Castel Gandolfo Sunday, 18 July 2010   Dear Brothers and Sisters, We are now in the heart of summer, at least in...

Saint Lawrence O’Toole and His Irish Heart

November 14th marks the memorial of Saint Lawrence O’Toole (Lorcán Ua Tuathail, in the original Gaelic, 1125 - 1180). Lawrence was an Irish monk,...

The Glorious Martyrdoms of Martin and Maximus

As we enter into Holy Week on this Passion/Palm Sunday, we recall on this 13th of April Pope Saint Martin I (+655), one of...

Louis and Zelie Martin’s Ecclesia Domestica

July 12th is the day chosen as the feast of the parents of the 'Little Flower', for which Louis and Zelie Martin are most renowned....

Praying and Rejoicing with Pope John Paul II

Today, Friday 22 October 2021, the universal Church cries out with joy for the feast of Pope St John Paul II. On this very day,...

The Church Could Use A Few More Thomas (Ă ) Beckets

A blessed continuing 'Merrie Christmas!' to all our readers, on this sixth day of Christmas, as we celebrate all these twelve days, right up...

Dame Julian of Norwich

(As mentioned in our post on Our Lady of Fatima, this is also the day that Blessed Julian of Norwich began to receive her...

Saint Januarius’ Blood

Saint Januarius was bishop of Benevuento, in the south-west of Italy, about whom a number of legends are told - that he survived unscathed...