A Year of Saint Joseph
In light of the 150th anniversary of Pope Pius IX's naming Saint Joseph as patron of the universal Church with his 1870 constitution Quemadmodum...
The Disastrous DNC and Cardinal Cupich
It sounds like a parody in a tragic comedy, like an even more-inverted Monty Python come full circle: Attendees at the recent Demo(n)cratic National...
St Bernard of Clairvaux: The Teacher Who Teaches Us Devotion to Mary
One of the great Doctors of the Church who really teaches us who is and how are we to love the Mother of God...
Gratitude
A blessed and joyous Thanksgiving to all our readers!
As Saint Paul admonishes us through his letter to Thessalonians, "Give thanks in all circumstances, for...
Saint Paulinus of Nola
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 12 December 2007
Saint Paulinus of Nola
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Father of the Church to whom we turn our...
Dwindling – or is That Dawning – Hope?
George Weigel has always been rather sanguine about the ecclesia moderna. The author of the tome-like biography of John Paul II, Witness to Hope,...
The Scandal of Sesame Street
I miss the days when the main problem with Sesame Street was Bert and Ernie's implied, ahem, same-sex intimacy. But, muppets don't really have...
Our Lady and Diana
A blessed Saturday of Our Lady to all our readers. The custom of dedicating ferial Saturdays - those with no other memorials or feasts...
Eleven Years
Today marks the eleventh anniversary of the election of Jorge Borgoglio to the Chair of Saint Peter as Pope Francis. Whatever one thinks of...












