Cardinal Ernest Simoni, the “Living Martyr” of Albania
In the consistory of November 2016, among the 17 men Pope Francis elevated to the rank of cardinal was an 88-year-old priest who was neither a bishop nor of the eligible age to vote in [...]
View ArticleThe “useless” doctor of Lourdes
“There is no other place in the Catholic world with so much suffering, and yet with so much joy, as Lourdes,” says Dr. Alessandro de [...]
View ArticleHope and mercy and the “Miracle of the Sun”
“In the end, my Immaculate Heart will triumph,” Our Lady promised at Fatima 100 years ago. [...]
View ArticleThe “crowning jewel” of America’s Catholic church
An interview with Msgr. Walter Rossi on the completion of the Trinity Dome at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception [...]
View Article70th miracle of Lourdes affirmed by the Church
Of the 7,000 cases of unexplained cures that have been recorded at Lourdes, only the 70th was formally declared by the Church to be miraculous [...]
View ArticleThe College of Holy Cross crusades for political correctness, not truth and...
It is appalling how little those in Catholic higher education think of the persecution of Christians in the Middle East as opposed to their endless [...]
View ArticleHoly Week: A biblical chronology and liturgical guide
"St. Athanasius calls Easter 'the Great Sunday' and the Eastern Churches call Holy Week 'the Great Week.' The mystery of the Resurrection, in which Christ [...]
View ArticleA voice crying in the wilderness: On the 50th anniversary of “Humanae Vitae”
Pope Paul VI stood firm in the midst of the moral permissiveness which came under the guise of “freedom” in the 1960s, and boldly proclaimed [...]
View ArticleHow one parish commemorated the 50th anniversary of Humanae vitae
Talks by Father Donald Haggerty, Peter Kreeft, and Theresa Bonopartis helped attendees of the “Humanae Vitae at 50” conference the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of Our Lady [...]
View Article“Zeal for thy house”: A young priest’s reflections on scandal in the Church
The world showed me all the ways there are to fall, but when I discovered the Church, I found the one way there is to [...]
View ArticleThe unspoken message of heaven at Knock
The enigma of the apparition at Knock was its silence. [...]
View ArticlePadre Pio: A “Second St. Francis” for our troubled times
This month marks the 100th anniversary of Padre Pio’s reception of the stigmata on September 20, 1918, and the 50th anniversary of his death on [...]
View ArticleThe vision at Knock and the Holy Souls in Purgatory
During the month of November, we are called to increase our devotion to praying for the Holy Souls in Purgatory. To bolster our efforts, we would do well to consider the little known but very [...]
View ArticleBethlehem: Here Jesus Christ was truly born
Bethlehem! There mere sounding of the name of this ancient city brings joy to the Christian heart. The name of Bethlehem has been familiar and dear to us since childhood. Among the first things we [...]
View ArticleThe “useless” doctor of Lourdes
“There is no other place in the Catholic world with so much suffering, and yet with so much joy, as Lourdes,” says Dr. Alessandro de [...]
View ArticleOn the Evangelization and Re-Evangelization of Ireland
Today millions around the world celebrate the feast of one of the Church’s greatest sons, the “Apostle of Ireland” St. Patrick. The revelry that so characterizes the day is rooted more in cultural...
View ArticleSigns of hope amid the flames
First commissioned by King Louis VII in 1163, the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris took nearly 200 years to build. Since its completion in 1345, it has stood as a monument to the glory of French, [...]
View Article“For the Holy Places”
From their humble beginnings in Assisi, the Franciscans quickly grew into a great religious order animated by the spirit of their founder. St. Francis’ life was marked by a dynamism unique even among...
View ArticleThe terror in Sri Lanka should inspire holy, fearless witness to the Faith
It was a tiring but joyous Paschal Triduum. After the Easter Vigil, my head finally hit the pillow around one o’clock in the morning. My deep sleep was awakened about an hour later by my [...]
View ArticleFatherhood and the search for culture
Something both theatrical and absurd happened in front of the General Post Office of Dublin on Easter Monday in 1916. An Irish schoolteacher named Patrick Pearse proclaimed to the passersby that...
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