The Second Sunday of the Easter Season is known by many names: the Octave Day of Easter, Low Sunday, Dominica in Albis Depositis, Quasimodo Sunday, Thomas Sunday, and in more recent times as Divine Mercy Sunday. The meaning […]
Two millennia of Christianity have yielded a tremendous number of brilliant, holy, and insightful men and women. Many of these men and women penned works of staggering beauty and spiritual insight, which have become widely […]
Recent press coverage of a civil suit alleging defamation and fraud brought by a diocesan priest in Indiana against his own diocese and vicar general has triggered a great deal of discussion about the prudential […]
Two men were born in the late nineteenth century in Italy, were ordained as priests, became widely known during their own lifetimes, and are now canonized saints. While Saint Gaetano Catanoso had much in common […]
During the time of the early Church, it was commonplace for Caesar to be addressed as “Lord.” And this was more than a simple honorific title acknowledging that Caesar was the supreme political authority in […]
When faced with the question of why there is so much suffering in the world, the default Christian answer is because of Adam’s sin. This belief is certainly not without warrant. Indeed, a number of […]
In several ways, Fr. Aidan’s Nichols’ Apologia is a keeping faith with positions he has held for many years. He remains full of hope about the conversion of Anglo-Catholics, even though he laments the unreadiness of the […]
If then you were raised with Christ, seek what is above, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. Think of what is above, not of what is on earth. For you have […]
But as for me, God forbid that I should glory save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ… — Apostle Paul (Gal 6:14) When St. Paul preached “Jesus Christ and him crucified,” the crucifix […]
Easter in America is fast becoming a hidden feast. I’ve already noted that, unlike Christmas, secular America manages to let Easter pass mostly unnoticed. If you limit yourself to the secular cultural milieu, you might […]
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