He is a tall, cheerful, articulate, and thoughtful Australian, a father of six, and a successful lawyer. One of his sons is a priest, a fact of which he is quietly but very evidently proud. […]
“Auntie Joanna, can I help you with your knitting?” The difference between tapestry and knitting was not apparent to an uninitiated small boy, fascinated by the intricacies of bright wool and needles. Not one to […]
Francis: Pope of a New World. By Andrea Tornielli, with a foreword by Father Mitch Pacwa, SJ. Ignatius Press Francis, Bishop of Rome – A Short Biography. By Michael Collins. Columba Press Pope Francis: Why […]
The children from the Sunday School fill up the first couple of benches, and when the rector leads the singing of the Angelus, their young voices pipe up eagerly in the response: “The angel of […]
The Incarnation did not happen silently. The Angel Gabriel spoke to Mary, and she heard and responded. There were actual words, a dialogue using voices. In the very beginning of all things, God used words. […]
The books about Pope John Paul II are now coming out in a steady flow—and there is some fascinating material here. Jerzy Kluger’s childhood friendship with Karol Wojtyla—they were schoolmates together in Wadowice, spent much […]
Religious freedom is the issue of the hour: in America, in Europe, in what we (used to?) think of as “the West”. But what is particularly interesting is that this comes just as we are […]
Sometimes—often—the news that is really significant isn’t recognized as such. Something of very considerable importance has been happening in Kazakhstan. Yes, that’s right. Kazakhstan. Most people in Europe or the Americas would be hard-pressed to […]
When the Association of Catholic Women was started more than 20 years ago, it was partly in response to the sense of confusion created by the strident campaigning of some extreme feminists. There were repeated […]
If you search “Fatima” on the Internet, you will get a whole lot of links to websites and blogs with conspiracy theories, chiefly centred on the rumour that Pope John Paul and Pope Benedict have […]
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