Category: Faith & Life

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…

An Argentinian priest, Father Salvador Fornieles, who had recently published a book about the Mass (Subiré al altar de Dios) narrates that the invocation that relates our Lady to the Eucharist helped him to grow in love for the Holy…

– The Peacemaker St. Elizabeth of Portugal was born in 1271, the daughter of Pedro III who would become king of Aragon. Isabel, the Spanish version of her name by which she is known in Portuguese history, was named for…

– Aurelio Porfiri It has often been said that in the times in which we live, it is difficult to be scandalized by anything. Without any limits to morality, to modesty, it seems that now all is allowed, possible, desirable.…

– Agatha & Frederic The afternoon was serene, the temperature exceptionally good for this time of the year, and they were enjoying the company of each other. “Talking to Frederic is refreshing,” thought Agatha. 

– Robaird O’Cearbhaill No other language has had such influence around the world over such a long period. Latin’s vital role in the Church and wider Christianity, diplomacy, culture, and academia, in philosophy, theology, law and science, as well as…