Thursday, July 3, 2025

Saint Ignazio da Santhià, A Wise Companion for Holiness

September 22nd is the feast day of Saint Ignazio da Santhià. Who was this Capuchin saint? Ignazio Bevisotti was born in Santhià (Vercelli) on 5...

Our Lady of La Salette

Today marks the anniversary of the visions of Our Lady of La Salette, when, in 1846, the Virgin appeared, in maternal form, to two...

Meanwhile, Canada’s Heartlessness…

As Hungary makes laws ever more conducive to life, Canada moves in opposite direction. As LiveAction reports, the government of Canada has helped fund...

Hungary’s Heart

On the Feast of the Triumph of the Holy Cross, Hungary just passed a law that requires a woman seeking an abortion to listen...

The Sweetness of the Name of Mary

Today, the 12th of September, we celebrate the feast of the Name of Mary. In this liturgical memorial God the Father is glorified due...

Gerard Manley Hopkins and God’s Grandeur

A recital, and brief commentary, on Gerard Manley Hopkins' 1877 poem, which provides a parable on the proper care for creation, and, perhaps, a...

Protecting Your Children

I don't normally watch television, but was at someone's home recently where the black box was on, projecting its neon images into eyes and...

What’s Up with the Wyoming Monks?

I'm not sure what to make of this. After we posted a video of the chant of the monks at the Carmelite monastery in...

Women and the Diaconate in the Land Down Under

We must teach more by example than by word - St. Mary MacKillop This past July in Australian life was full of headlines trumpeting the...

Cardinals, Consistories and Conclaves

Pope Francis is holding an extraordinary consistory of cardinals this weekend, when all the 206 cardinals of the world are called together, sixteen new...