– Aurelio Porfiri One of John Paul II’s hospital stays fell in the month of July. On the 16th of that month the Pope said to one of his collaborators: “Today in Trastevere they celebrate a big feast.” He recalled…

– Aurelio Porfiri One of John Paul II’s hospital stays fell in the month of July. On the 16th of that month the Pope said to one of his collaborators: “Today in Trastevere they celebrate a big feast.” He recalled…
On a golden Saturday afternoon on Sept. 19, 1846, two children were tending their cattle on the grassy slopes at La Salette, high in the French Alps. Neither Maxim Giraud, age 11, nor Melanie Calvat, age 14, could read or…
– Fr Leonard E. Dollentas They are called ‘pious oldies’ – and they love praying and going to church every day. Though often seen as feeble, they form a gentle but formidable “dogmatic” force in the Church. Their commitment to…
– Enrico Finotti Is it possible for people to sit on the seats of the presbytery and also on the priest’s seat with the motive of a large crowd on the occasion of concerts or performances? What is said about…
– Anastasios In our profiles of Church Fathers and important writers of the early Church, there are themes that are somehow recurrent. One of them is the fight against heresies. Today we never talk about this theme, we are very…
– Rev José Mario O Mandía The things we believe do not come only from Sacred Scripture. We also know that it is important to consider what Sacred Tradition teaches us. These teachings can be found in the Fathers of…
Saint John Gualbert was born in Florence in the year 999. He was raised with care in piety and the study of the humanities, but no sooner had he entered adult life than he acquired a taste for pleasures. God,…
Pope Benedict XVI visits the relics of Pope St Celestine V in the 13th-century Santa Maria di Collemaggio Basilica, in L’Aquila, Italy, in 2009. (Photo: AP/L’Osservatore Romano) – Aurelio Porfiri Saint Celestine V (Pietro Angeleri or Pietro di Morrone –…
– Anastasios Christian apologist Leontius was born probably around 485 in Byzantium to a rich family. He was attracted from young age to monastic life. He was influenced in his early years by Nestorian heresies, but will return to the…
– Rev José Mario O Mandía The term “Blessed Trinity” is not used in the Sacred Scripture. But the doctrine is present in a veiled way in the Old Testament, and taught by Jesus Christ Himself in the New. OLD…