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Pope Saint Leo, the First of the Greats

Pope Saint Leo, the first pontiff to earn the title 'the Great', reigned from 440 until his death on this day in 461, was...

The Foiling of Fawkes and the Gunpowder Plot

Remember, remember! the fifth of November.     The Gunpowder treason and plot;     I know of no reason     Why the Gunpowder treason    ...

Charles Borromeo Leads the True Reformation

The memorial of Saint Charles Borromeo (1538-1584) commemorates one of the great pillars - along with Saint Robert Bellarmine, Philip Neri and countless others...

Martin of Porres’ Heroic Charity

Some of the saints signify sanctity in a way that goes beyond the norm, if ‘norm’ can be applied to a thing like sanctity,...

The Dies Irae: Day of Wrath, but Also of Mercy

The Dies Irae - 'Day of Wrath' - is a 13th century sequence preparing us for the final judgement, composed perhaps by the Franciscan...
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“Verso L ’Alto” - A Meditation on the Hidden Sanctity of Pier Giorgio Frassati

The Italian Alps — that formidable stretch of Europe’s great mountain arc — rise in dramatic splendour above the landscape that so enduringly shaped St. Pier Giorgio Frassati’s life of prayer and adventure. The Australian Alps, sharing the name only in part, resemble their European counterparts more in spirit than in scale. In the former, the first snow-caps have already appeared; in the latter, the slopes are beginning to burst into bloom. The marvellous beauty of nature delights the eyes and reveals the hand of the Creator.

Apologetics 101

Apologetics is the art of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse, making reference to both faith and reason as appropriate, in light of Saint Peter’s admonition to ‘Always be prepared to make a defense to any one who calls you to account for the hope that is in you, yet do it with gentleness and reverence’ (1 Peter 3:15).