Day: March 8, 2019

Theodoret of Cyrus (393-458) was from an illustrious family in Antioch. His teacher was Theodore of Mopsuestia and one of his classmates was the controversial Nestorius. He would study rhetoric with Saint John Chrysostom. As a young person he followed…

– José Mario O Mandía On 30 September 1943, Pope Pius XII issued the Encyclical “Divino afflante Spiritu” (“Inspired by the Holy Spirit”) which welcomed the use of textual criticism to examine not only the contents of the Bible but…

– Enrico Finotti Parish advices are often excessive and boring. Do they have to be done? The rubrics allow that in the ending rites, before giving the blessing, brief announcements can be given (IGMR 90). The indication is of maximum…

– Maria Kwak Like Jesus, his Master, Cardinal Pell is under trial. The Gospel of John reports Pilate’s verdict: “I find no guilt in him.” Then he washes his hands in front of the crowd. But the crowd continues to…

From the time he was eight to the day he died, John followed every impulse of his heart. At eight years old, John heard a visiting priest speak of adventures that were waiting in the age of 1503 with new…

– Aurelio Porfiri A few days ago someone said on television that suffering allows a growth of knowledge. I think there is a lot of truth in this statement, because in fact when we suffer we see things in a…