Saint Charles Borromeo’s Model Example
Today, Thursday 4 November 2021, is the feast of the great North Italian saint, St Charles Borromeo. One biographer aptly described him as always clear...
The Popes and Becoming Holy
In the solemnity of All Saints Day we are reminded that we too can become holy. Holiness must be our existential target. In fact,...
Praying for and with All the Holy Souls
A blessed All Souls’ Day to all our readers. Here is an article from our archives, which sums up the Church's tradition of praying...
Celebrating All the Saints
Let us all rejoice in the Lord, as we celebrate the feast day in honour of all the Saints, at whose festival the Angels...
Loving God With All Our Heart
‘Hear, O Israel: the Lord our God, the Lord is one’ (Mk. 12:29). ⧾
The Gospel of the Mass today contains what we Christians call...
The Bioethicist and the Embryo
(This is one instalment of a four-part series on the human embryo by Dr. Eshan Dias. We are posting the third part of the...
Blessed Rosario Livatino: A Martyr for Justice
Friday 29 October 2021 remains an historic date for those who venerate Blessed Rosario Livatino, for today is his first liturgical memorial.
Rosario Livatino, or...
Naming the Apostles
We encounter the name of Jude in the Book of Acts. The evangelists Matthew and Mark name him as Thaddeus. In his catechesis on...
The Body and Judgement
“The Spirit of God who raised Jesus from the dead, . . . will give life to your mortal bodies.” This is what we...
Saint Joseph: Foster Father, Virginal Father, Real Father?
As I do more reading into what various theologians and josephologists have written about the fatherhood of Saint Joseph, I notice that there is...