“The golden treatise”: true diversity as always understood
BY John Smeaton
This is the tenth in a series of articles, rooted in the teaching of Divini Illius Magistri, which seeks to…
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Saturday 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…
READ MOREGood Friday meditation on the Seven Last Words
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 MOREPope Pius XI and the “golden treatise” on the Christian education of youth
BY John Smeaton
This is the ninth in a series of articles, rooted in the teaching of Divini Illius Magistri, which seeks to…
READ MOREThe Passion of the Church
BY Alan Fimister
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that the Church herself must one day pass through a form of crucifixion,…
READ MOREThe triumph of Jesus: meditation on Palm Sunday
BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD
PreludeJesus, I want to follow You in Your triumph, so that I may follow You later to Calvary. 1Holy Week begins…
READ MOREA tale of two children: doctors, disability and the law
BY Liam Gibson
On Sunday 19 March 2023, a “citizens convention” in France concluded a discussion on end-of-life care by calling for the…
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 MOREThe angel’s message: meditation on the Annunciation
BY Fr Gabriel of St Mary Magdalen OCD
PreludeAt your side, O Mary, I wish to learn how to repeat, in every circumstance, your Ecce ancilla Domini —…
READ MOREThe rainbow flag is “about proclaiming power”
BY John Smeaton
This is the eighth in a series of articles, which seeks to assist parents in preparing their children to live…
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…
READ MOREThe child of the promise: sermon on Laetare Sunday
BY a Dominican Friar
“That Jerusalem which is above is free, which is our mother.”Today is one of the famous Sundays of the liturgical…
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