The Pope, Fatima and Medjugorje
In his recent pilgrimage to Fatima, the Holy Father, in canonizing two of the young seers, Jacinta and Francesco, delivered a fine homily on the mysterious...
Maria Goretti, Lust and the Noon-Day Devil
Blessed are the pure of heart, for they shall see God (Mt 5:8)
But I say to you every one who looks at a woman...
O Crux Ave Spes Unica
A blessed and glorious feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross! Also called the Triumph of the Cross and, at times, the 'Invention'...
Dedication of the Basilicas of Peter, Paul – and the Path to Rome
Today's memorial marks the dedication of the basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul - following upon that of the Lateran Basilica last week. More...
The Despair of Dunkirk
I am not entirely sure what Christopher Nolan was going for in his recent re-make of Dunkirk, a visually lush version of the heroic...
Benedict the Beggar and Benedict the Pope
This day marks the anniversary of the death of Saint Benedict Joseph Labre, (+1783), one of the oddest, but also the most attractive, of...
Saints Peter and Paul and Obeying God
A blessed and joyous solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul to all our readers! As they were in life, comites, literally âfellow travellersâ, so...
Virtue, Vice and Everything Nice? Blessed Dina Belanger
Father Callamâs take on Christâs declaration that it is what comes from within a man making him unclean, all those unbridled and disordered passions...
Albert, the Great, Theologian and Scientist
Saint Albert of Cologne (1200-1280), whose life spans what William Walsh called the 'greatest of centuries' was given the title 'the Great', even before...
Brother John: A Monk, A Pilgrim, and the Purpose of Life
August Turak has written a delightful little book â and by âlittleâ, I mean the term in a way similar to Christâs usage of...
