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This article is the fifth in a 10-part series that will explore miracles as proof of the truths of Catholic doctrine. In this installment, we consider the stigmata. The “stigmata” – a word derived from the Greek meaning “a mark, tattoo or brand such as might have been used for identification of an animal or…
Above: Caspar David Friedrich‘s Monk by the Sea (ca. 1808). Friedrich was influenced by Novalis’s aesthetic theories. Last year, Angelico Press published one of the most intriguing theoretical texts by the poetic genius of 18th-century Germany, Georg Philipp Friedrich Freiherr von Hardenberg (1772–1801), better known under the pen name Novalis. Titled Christendom or Europe? Source…
From the Roman office of the feast. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of Pope St. Leo the Great. 2nd on the Ascension. And so the seen Presence of our Redeemer in the Body was changed for…
Cortes was born in Spain in 1809, a descendant of the conquistador Hernán Cortes. Having flirted with the ideas of the Enlightenment, he became increasingly critical of the liberal political ideas that were sweeping across Europe in the wake of the secularist tyranny of the French Revolution. Such tyranny was even worse, he argued, than…
Editor’s note: this analysis comes from a Canadian traditionalist and forms part of our Ukraine Crisis series. Our Conversion of Russia series is aimed at the traditional stance of the Holy See toward Russian Christendom in light of Fatima. In both cases we publish Catholics views from all sides, with an emphasis on solidarity for…
Above: Tintagel Castle, possible birthplace of King Arthur. King Arthur, since watching The Sword in the Stone as a very young child with my father back in 1963 (though to be fair, all I really remembered until seeing it again a decade later was the haunting opening song) has held a stronghold upon my imagination….
We can all recall with vivid memory the thundering chariot race that was orchestrated by William Wyler in the 1950’s epic film, Ben-Hur. While the film explores the themes of revenge and Christ’s redemption, the novel plunges the reader into a much deeper experience. Ben Hur, written by Lew Wallace and published in 1880, revolves…
From the Roman Office. ℣. Grant, Lord, a blessing. Benediction. May God the Father Omnipotent, be to us merciful and clement. ℟. Amen. Reading 4 From the Sermons of Pope St. Leo the Great. 2nd for the Lord’s Ascension. Dearly beloved brethren, that mysterious thing, our salvation, which the Maker of the universe thought worth…
The past six weeks have been filled with news in both the United States and the world at large. April 19 was the 250th anniversary of the battles of Lexington, Concord, and Menotomy, which opened the American Revolution, resulting in our independence in 1783. This semiquincentennial has received much less attention—outside the particular localities directly…
In this article, I write about the trend of Celebrity Priests. So, I should define terms before continuing. When I refer to a Celebrity Priest, I do not mean a priest who happens to be well-known because of his virtues. Instead, I am referring to a trend of famous priests who are well-known not just…
