Cristiana de Magistris

Praying for peace

BY Cristiana de Magistris

The Russian armed forces’ invasion of the Donbas last February has ushered in a troubling global scenario which threatens nuclear…

St Thérèse, Fr Calmel and the present time

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…

Can one be devout and wicked at the same time? The answer of St Francis de Sales

by Cristiana de Magistris One day, when St Francis de Sales was speaking with Giampietro Camus, the bishop of Belley, (an admirer…

The democracy that condemned Christ

by Cristiana de Magistris From the evangelist St John, we know that the leaders of the Jewish nation, enraged against…

On God’s side

by Cristiana de Magistris One of the first Oratorians, a certain companion of St Philip Neri, is known to have…

The Mass of all time: the bulwark of orthodoxy

by Cristiana Magistris The motu proprio, Traditionis custodes, of 16 July 2021, and the Responsa ad dubia (who raised the dubia has not been disclosed), of…

The real “conspiracy” of history

by Cristiana de Magistris The conspiracies, intrigues, and plots that have unfolded throughout the history of man, and which inevitably continue…

On the Epiphany

by Cristiana de Magistris The journey of the Magi from the Orient to the Cradle of Bethlehem is an eloquent…

The birth of the King of kings

by Cristiana de Magistris  The truly pacific King, the Prince of Peace, the One who was to teach peace during…

The Christmas of the two Teresas

By Cristiana de Magistris Nothing proves harder for modern man — the so- called “grown-up” Catholic — than the practice…

Angels and demons in spiritual warfare today

By Cristiana de Magistris  The greatest cunning of the devil consists in making us believe that he does not exist:…

Traditionis Custodes: an act of weakness

By Cristiana de Magistris After a calm and careful reading of the recent motu proprio Traditionis Custodes, with none of…