The trial of Christ and the trial of the Church
BY Cristiana de Magistris
In Passiontide, which embraces the two weeks leading up to Easter, the Church in mourning contemplates the sorrowful events that…
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St Elijah: the prophet of the end times
BY Cristiana de Magistris
On 20 July — the liturgical feast of the prophet Elijah in the Carmelite order — the priest goes up…
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BY Cristiana de Magistris
When, during the trial of the apostle Paul, Festus, the procurator of Judea, found it necessary to explain to King…
READ MORELight and shadow on the Grotto of Bethlehem
BY Cristiana de Magistris
“Remove from my eyes these despicable rags and this hut unworthy of the God I worship!” This is how, already…
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BY Cristiana de Magistris
The Russian armed forces’ invasion of the Donbas last February has ushered in a troubling global scenario which threatens nuclear…
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BY Cristiana de Magistris
From 1956 to 1957, Fr Roger-Thomas Calmel OP (1914–1975) was exiled to Spain — an innocent victim of the modernism…
READ MORECan one be devout and wicked at the same time? The answer of St Francis de Sales
by Cristiana de MagistrisOne day, when St Francis de Sales was speaking with Giampietro Camus, the bishop of Belley, (an admirer and…
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by Cristiana de MagistrisFrom the evangelist St John, we know that the leaders of the Jewish nation, enraged against the…
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by Cristiana de MagistrisOne of the first Oratorians, a certain companion of St Philip Neri, is known to have preferred…
READ MOREThe Mass of all time: the bulwark of orthodoxy
by Cristiana MagistrisThe motu proprio, Traditionis custodes, of 16 July 2021, and the Responsa ad dubia (who raised the dubia has not been disclosed), of 18…
READ MOREThe real “conspiracy” of history
by Cristiana de MagistrisThe conspiracies, intrigues, and plots that have unfolded throughout the history of man, and which inevitably continue to…
READ MOREOn the Epiphany
by Cristiana de MagistrisThe journey of the Magi from the Orient to the Cradle of Bethlehem is an eloquent image…
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