Today marks an important Marian feast arising from the devotional life of the Church and especially of the lay faithful, the feast of Our Lady of Loreto. Traditional accounts report that, on December 10, 1394, […]
Nearly sixty years ago, on September 4, 1967, a US military chaplain fell in the fields of Vietnam, killed while attempting to comfort and administer last rites to the wounded and dying. Fr. Vincent Capodanno, […]
This year marks the sixtieth anniversary of the close of the Second Vatican Council. Regardless of one’s opinion of the Council itself, it is undeniable that its aftermath saw a severe decline in the devotional […]
Maelin Kivela lives between two worlds. She is a citizen of Lantua, a mega-metropolis that rose from the ashes of the United States, a technological utopia where one’s cooperation with government policies determines one’s financial […]
Today marks a historic day in the Catholic calendar: it is the first time in history that Thérèse de Saint-Augustin and her companions, the Carmelite martyrs of ç, have their feast day as canonized saints. […]
Although their feast is not observed in the general Roman calendar or the calendar of the United States, the Roman Martyrology and the national calendar of the Church in the Netherlands today observe the feast […]
Today is the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary; it is also marks the hundredth anniversary of the canonization of St Jean-Marie-Baptiste Vianney, perhaps better known for the priestly assignment to which […]
Although the vast collection of recognized saints known as the Roman Martyrology gives April 11 as the feast of St Gemma Galgani, May 16 is when it is observed by the Passionists. So I will […]
On September 13, 1843, Our Lord spoke to the heart of a Carmelite nun in the city of Tours, France. Jesus told her that He was calling her to a program of reparation for sins […]
Today is the anniversary of the death of Karol Wojtyla. Not of Pope John Paul the Great but of his father, Karol Wojtyla, senior. I also learned today—coming to the realization about four years too […]
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