As of May 15, Catholic journalists around the world will be able to count one of their number among the saints, as Titus Brandsma, a Dutch Carmelite killed at the Dachau concentration camp in 1942, is canonized in St. Peter’s Square. Continue Reading »
Through the mediation of the saints, that which was lost has been found. Continue Reading »
Christians live in a different time zone because of the communion of saints: our spiritual solidarity, in this world, with those Christians who now live in the presence of the Thrice-Holy God and those who are being purified. Continue Reading »
The patroness of those beset by miceand rats, she stands before red tapestry.Blue floor tiles feature her preferred device:crude mousetraps, set to spring. Her sanctityis symbolized in halo, shepherd’s crook,the habit of an Augustinian nun,and downcast eyes, to read her open book.Still, mice will . . . . Continue Reading »
The 400th anniversary of the death of Robert Bellarmine invites a look back at this fascinating figure of the Catholic Reformation, engaged as he was with issues newly relevant today: the relationship of faith and science and of ecclesial and temporal power. Continue Reading »
Father Ignatius and Harry found, across the centuries, that their lives would not be determined by the accidents of birth. Continue Reading »
Priests are still suffering the Long Lent of 2020, but at least they can rejoice this week in the beatification of Fr. McGivney. Continue Reading »
The future of the Catholic Church is not with AOC’s bigoted projections, but with St. Damien of Molokai. Continue Reading »
The young man in his cell Receives his guestWho all his heart should tell And leave there blest.In quiet companyWe shall a marvel seeAs every thought shall be By that heart known. To Rome the pilgrims came Poor as God chose . . . . Continue Reading »
Catholics can confidently look to the life of St. Louis IX for his example of Christian charity and seek his intercession in the struggles of our age. Continue Reading »
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