Meditating on the month of June
BY Roberto de Mattei
Just as the month of May is dedicated to Our Lady, that of June is traditionally dedicated to the Sacred…
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Anglican service at the Lateran: a grave episode
BY Roberto de Mattei
I would like to comment on an episode that seems to me to be grave and significant. We learned of…
READ MORESaturday and the faith of Mary
BY Roberto de Mattei
In the Catholic Church, Saturday is a day consecrated from time immemorial to Mary. Why does the piety of the…
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BY a Dominican friar
And when they were come to the place, which is called Calvary, there they crucified him, and the malefactors, one…
READ MOREThe privileges of the month of March
BY Roberto de Mattei
Of all the months of the year, the month of March has special privileges. According to the Bollandist Fathers, it…
READ MORE“Synodalism”: the culmination of Pope Francis’s pontificate
BY Roberto de Mattei
After ten years of pontificate, the point of arrival of the Pope Francis’s reign seems to be the October 2023…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Parts 1 and 2 of this series appeared in the Voice of the Family Digest on 22 February 2023.The Moscow Patriarchate…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Parts 1 and 2 of this series appeared in the Voice of the Family Digest on 22 February 2023.The religious…
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BY Roberto de Mattei
Part IThe attraction that some political and religious circles have fallen into in regard to the Moscow Patriarchate is accompanied…
READ MOREThe testament book of Benedict XVI — a confirmation
BY Roberto de Mattei
A media circus has accompanied the publication of several volumes which have appeared since the passing of Benedict XVI. In…
READ MOREThe two popes and the mystery of the Church
BY Roberto de Mattei
2023 conveys to future ages an absolutely unprecedented image: the funeral of one pope presided over by another pope. An…
READ MOREIn the time of Advent hell trembles and the righteous exult
BY Roberto de Mattei
The season of Advent, which is the beginning of the liturgical year, has many similarities with the season of Lent.…
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