A Catholic Scientist Champions the Shroud of Turin
The 'Shroud of Turin', widely held as the very burial sheet of Our Lord, imprinted miraculously with the image of His own body, will...
Good Friday: Crux fidelis
Crux fidelis, inter omnes arbor una nobilis;
nulla talem silva profert, flore, fronde, germine,
dulce lignum, dulci clavo, dulce pondus sustinens!
Flecte ramos, arbor alta, tensa laxa...
The Power of the Easter Triduum
Now that we in the midst of Holy Week, it is important to focus our attention on the Holy Triduum or the Easter Triduum....
Open Letter from Cardinal Zen to Cardinal Sarah
It has been a beloved custom of priests from across the earth to say a private Mass on one of the 45 side altars...
Chesterton’s Donkey
The Donkey
BY G. K. CHESTERTON
When fishes flew and forests walked
And figs grew upon thorn,
Some moment when the moon was blood
Then surely I was born.
With monstrous...
Spy Wednesday and the Rending of the Veil
It was now about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over the whole land until the ninth hour, while the sun’s light failed;...
Caveats, Conscience, but in All Things, Charity
Before a reflection from long-time contributor Terry McDermott, a health-care worker, a few words from your friendly neighbourhood editor:
The Covid vaccine is, to...
Caroline Kózka, A Beacon for Young People
“Blessed are the clean of heart, for they will see God.” (Matthew 5: 8)
Reading numerous accounts of our contemporary canonized or beatified teenage brothers...
Passion Sunday
The liturgical use of Scripture is by juxtaposition, i.e., an Old Testament text will be placed beside—juxtaposed to—one from the New Testament, the former...
Vivaldi’s and Pergolesi’s Stabat Mater
On this eve of Passion Sunday and Holy Week, and to complement our reflection on Our Lady's role in redemption, we will re-post these...
