Saint Aloysius Gonzaga’s Summer’s Solstice

On this 21st day of June, we remember Saint Aloysius Gonzaga (+ 1591), a Jesuit scholastic who died at what we might consider the...

Artificial Intelligence: Friend or Foe, Servant or Master?

In one of his first addresses, Pope Leo XIV offers a glimpse into why he chose the name he did: I chose to take the...

Romuald’s Erimetical Reform

Saint Romuald (+June 19, 1025/27) was a tenth-century monk, founder of the strict Camaldolese Order, named after their primary benefactor, Maldoli, who, impressed by...

A Short Primer on Just War Theory

The Church has a long history of ā€˜just war theory’. Over the centuries, deriving from the initial formulation of Saint Augustine, then, building upon...

Saint Anthony of Padua…or Lisbon

Saint Anthony of Padua is usually named historically after the city-state in northeastern Italy where he died after his brief but full life at...

Saint Barnabas: A Good Man

It is fitting that we celebrate the Apostle Barnabas, the ā€˜son of consolation’, or the ā€˜son of encouragement’, in this season of the Holy...

The Immortal Mind: A Review

The Immortal Mind: A Neurosurgeon's Case for the Existence of the Soul by Michael Egnor and Denyse O'Leary Worthy Publishers, New York, Nashville, June 2025 237 p. The...

Subito Santo Syndrome and the Narrow Path to Heaven

A number of years ago, I went to seek advice from a venerable professor of philosophy about completing a Ph.D. My visit was providential,...

Father Francis Caracciolo’s Burning Heart of Zeal

Saint Francis Caracciolo (1563 - 1608) was a near contemporary of Saint Philip Neri, whom he resembles in some ways, and with whom the...

Ascending to the Father

A blessed feast of the Ascension to all our readers who live where it’s transferred to the Sunday, when Christ ascended body and soul...

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