The Church and China
It was a dramatic scene: venerable Cardinal Zen, bishop emeritus of Hong Kong, a lifelong foe and survivor of Communism in China, a spiritual...
Saint Mark in a Hurry
Saint Mark, writer of the Gospel and first bishop of Alexandria, was the missionary companion and amanuensis of Saint Peter, the first pope. The...
Independence Day, Pier Giorgio and Elizabeth of Portugal
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers. There are any number of factions developing in the once-United States, but all can be...
Chrysostom, Siloam and Hurricanes
Saint John Chrysostom (+407), an ascetic and contemplative monk who wanted only to retreat from the turmoil of life in the Eastern empire, was...
Saint Caecilia’s Heavenly Music
We have yet to hear what heavenly music sounds like, but Saint Francis de Sales once recounted that he was blessed to hear an...
The Radical Prodigal, Saint John of God
Saints are by definition ‘extreme’, for they live a liminal life, seeing past the veil of this world, and act as though all that...
Our Lady of Fatima, Medjugorje and Private Revelation
The revelations of Fatima - the 100th anniversary of which coincided with Canada's 150th birthday two years ago, and take that for what you...
Peter and Paul’s Eschatological Battle
A blessed solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul! They were comites, as they say in Latin, companions in life and in death, martyred under the...
Saint Bartholomew’s Day Massacre
It is an unfortunate accident of history – insofar as we may speak of accidents, when all things are guided in their providential design...
Newman the Kindly Prophet
Although he died on August 11th, in 1890, the Church commemorates Saint John Henry Cardinal Newman on October 9th. For it was on this...