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Maria Goretti, A Martyr for Chastity
It was a day much like today, a hot, humid and sweltering July 6th in the year of our Lord 1902, one hundred and...
The Fourth of July: Pier Giorgio and Elizabeth of Portugal
A joyous Independence Day to all our American readers. There are any number of factions developing in the once-United States, but all can be...
Thomas, Apostle – Believing without Seeing
Saint Thomas, the Apostle, is called 'Didymus', the 'twin', perhaps, as some surmised, because he looked a lot like Christ. Whether that be true,...
Happy Dominion Day!
Or, if you will, Canada Day, to all our readers, on which we celebrate the official founding of ‘Canada’ as a (mostly) independent part...
The Protomartyrs of Rome
The blood of martyrs is the seed of the Church - Tertullian (+240 A.D.)
The first, or proto-, martyrs of the Church of Rome commemorate...
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Nota in Brevis
Two Praetorians and a Jesuit
Saints Processus and Martinian (+67) were Praetorian Guards – the elite of the Roman...
Canada’s Original, and Very Catholic, National Anthem
In the glow of Canada-Dominion Day, here is the original version of O, Canada,...
Litany of the Precious Blood
A blessed feast of the Precious Blood! This devotion was placed into the calendar,...
Pope Saint John Paul II’s Consecration of the World to the Immaculate Heart
WE ENTRUST, O MARY, AND CONSECRATE THE WHOLE WORLD TO YOUR IMMACULATE HEART!
On Thursday,...
Homily of Pope John Paul II on the Sacred Heart on His Journey to Canada
(This may bring back memories for some readers, of the apostolic visit of the...
Articles
Fourteenth Sunday: Ite Missa Est!
See I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves (Lk....
Message of John Paul II to the Bishop of Albano for the Centenary of the Death of St. Maria Goretti
To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of Albano
1. A hundred years ago, on...
Pope Benedict and Saint Thomas the Apostle
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 27 September 2006
Thomas the twin
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our...
July and the Most Precious Blood
Traditionally, the month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus. Hence,...
Fate, Determinism and Free Will
“All theory is against free will; all experience for it.” Samuel Johnson
In the normal...
