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Liturgy, Divine and Human
Editor: Contributor Joseph Woodard offers a perspective on the ongoing 'liturgical wars' - or, to be less polemical, liturgical debate - as one who has...
Take a Hard Look at Higher Education
We need to take a hard look at Catholic higher education in Canada.
The late American priest and sociologist Fr. Andrew Greeley is alleged to...
The Cost of Art on the Artist
Iâve been mulling over lately the role of the artist, and how much art costs the artist. I recently watched Hamnet, which is a...
Pope Benedict on Pope Saint Leo the Great
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 5 March 2008
Saint Leo the Great
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing our journey through the Fathers of the Church, true...
Editor's Corner
Albert, the Great, Theologian, Scientist and Teacher (of Thomas)
Saint Albert of Cologne (1200-1280), whose life spans what William Walsh called the 'greatest of centuries' was given the title 'the Great', even before...
Saint Lawrence O’Toole and His Irish Heart
November 14th marks the memorial of Saint Lawrence OâToole (LorcĂĄn Ua Tuathail, in the original Gaelic, 1125 - 1180). Lawrence was an
Irish monk,...
Saints Stanislaus Kostka and Mother Cabrini
Saint Stanislaus Kostka â who died in 1568 just a few months shy of his eighteenth birthday â is one of the most popular...
Saint Josaphat, Martyr for Unity
Our Lord seems to have been speaking of our modern crisis when he warns in the Gospel that scandals are sure to come, and...
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Saint Didacus of AlcalĂĄ
Saint Didacus (c. 1400 - 1463) was a Spanish Franciscan friar who, like the founder of his Order (the 800th anniversary of whose death we celebrate this year), never felt called to the priesthood. He began life life as a hermit, first in the village on San Nichola del Puerto,...
Independence Day in Poland
On May 11th, 1918, Poland regained her independence in the wake of the First World War, and it's a day the Catholic nation has celebrated ever since. Contributor Paul Suski sent along the following video of the national march, perhaps the largest in the nation's history. Unlike the riots...
Pope Benedict and Martin of Tours
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 11 November 2007
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, 11 November, the Church remembers St Martin, Bishop of Tours, one of the most celebrated and venerated Saints of Europe. Born of pagan parents in Pannonia, in what is today Hungary, he was directed by his father to a...
Pilgrimage
A Pilgrimage By the Saint Lawrence
The mighty Saint Lawrence River is intertwined with the history of Canada and the United States, and forms a natural border between the two...
All Roads Lead to Rome
On this feast of Saint Bridget of Sweden, one of the four co-patrons of Europe (along with Saint Benedict, Saint Catherine of Siena and...
There and Back Again
I returned from Rome late last night, around about midnight â at least, all the way back home, which required an hourâs walk through...
The Profound Peace of Assisi
I wasnât quite prepared for Assisi, even if it was just what I needed. I suppose God works like that. When I got off...
Florence: Art, Beauty and Truth
Firenze! Even the name - at least in Italian - signifies energy, exuberance, enthusiasm. What is one to say of Florence in a few words?...
Le Sieci and Christ the King
I left off these reflections with my arrival in Florence, after the Purgatory - I will not say hell, for it had its end...
Swtizerland and Frauenthal
Upon arriving in Zurich from Vienna, I had an hour or so before I caught a connecting train down to Knonau and the convent....
A Pilgrimage from Vienna to Rome
I decided to make a pilgrimage to Rome, prompted by the Jubilee year, and walking through the Holy Doors. But I couldnât just show...
Series
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 Peterâs admonition to âAlways 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 reverenceâ (1 Peter 3:15).
