The Human Foetus in the Womb by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) – FAUSTO GOMEZ OP In two columns, I shall reflect on “Dignity and Rights of the Human Embryo.” In this first piece, I try to answer this question: Who…
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ON THE 16TH OF JULY – Flos Carmeli
– 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…
WEEPING MOTHER – Our Lady of La Salette Calls for Prayer and Repentance in the Alps
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…
WHAT’S AND WHY’S (3) – Questions Old People Ask Priests
– 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…
ASK THE LITURGIST (32) – Concert etiquette
– 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…
CHURCH FATHERS (64) – Ioannes Maxentius
– 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…
BITE-SIZE THEOLOGY (40) – What does Sacred Tradition say about the Blessed Trinity?
– 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…
ST JOHN GUALBERT – The benevolent
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,…
CELESTINE V – When the Pope resigned
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 –…
CHURCH FATHERS (63) – Leontius of Byzantium
– 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…