The Heroic Witness of the Holy Innocents
December 28th is the Feast of the Holy Innocent Martyrs, who, without knowing, died at the hands of Herod who wanted to kill the...
The Theology of Christmas Presents
(A classic by the master essayist, on why we give Christmas presents, for those of us who still sometimes wonder what is the point...
The Mystery of Christmas in the Eyes of St Ġorġ Preca
Saint Ġorġ Preca, diocesan priest and first canonized saint from Malta and founder of the Society of the Christian Doctrine (MUSEUM), contributed greatly in...
In Search of Inner Peace
As we enter into these last few days of Advent, with the last candle of the wreath soon to be lit, the atmosphere is...
The Beauty and Power of the Christmas Novena
The Christmas Novena - nine days before the birth of our Saviour - starts on December 16 and finishes December 24.
There are many kinds...
The Relevance of the Message of Our Lady of Guadalupe for Today’s World
On Thursday 12 December 2024 we celebrated the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, an extraordinary Marian feast reminds me how much Mary, the...
Master in the Faith: Saint John of the Cross
(Karol Wotyla did his theological doctorate on the mystical poetry of Saint John of the Cross, so he writes here not only as Pope,...
Stop Hiring Humans?
So says the provocative advertisement - but without my added question mark - on billboards in San Francisco - where else? Other head lines...
Saint Nicholas and the Silence of Saint Thomas
It was on this day 751 years ago that Saint Thomas Aquinas stopped writing. Or, more properly, dictating - for he had scribes write...
