As one may expect of any institution with a 2,000-year history, there is no shortage of myths and misinformation regarding the history of the Catholic Church. There are tales of intrigue and espionage; conspiracy theories […]
The place rendered sacred by the birth of the Savior does not look like one would expect it to. The Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem looks more like a dilapidated fortress than a basilica. […]
Pope Paul VI stood firm in the midst of the moral permissiveness which came under the guise of “freedom” in the 1960s, and boldly proclaimed […]
The future pope’s role in saving Jewish lives during WWII remains little known today. […]
The papal biographer’s new book describes his relationship with Pope John Paul, as well as the great challenges the pope faced in the final years […]
In the consistory of November 2016, among the 17 men Pope Francis elevated to the rank of cardinal was an 88-year-old priest who was neither a bishop nor of the eligible age to vote in […]
In his book A Vietnamese Moses: Philiphe Binh and the Geographies of Early Modern Catholicism, George E. Dutton recounts the saga of Father Philiphe Binh’s attempts to petition the Portuguese king for a new bishop […]
Two trials, two appeals to conscience. Trial 1: I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. […]
An icon of the Blessed Mother looked down on me, then an atheist and former Muslim, as I visited Hagia Sophia years ago. The nave was so high that back in the day nearby residents […]
Father Daniel Utrecht, C.O., is a priest of the Oratory of St Philip Neri, Toronto. He is a graduate of the University of Dallas (B.A., Philosophy), and the University of Toronto (Ph.D., philosophy). He joined the […]
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