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The Siege of the Alcázar of Toledo – A Miracle of Faith and Audacity

Audacity, idealism, nobility of spirit, hope and faith! These are the attributes that dwell in the soul of the Spanish when they are true...

Mont Saint-Michel – Photograph in Stone of the Mentality of an Angel

Standing before Mont Saint-Michel, we stare in amazement at this stone giant rising from the rocky depths to rend the skies. From above, a...

Blessed Francisco Palau: “My Relations with the Church” – The True Face of the Church

Prefigured by the chosen people in the Old Testament, the Church was instituted by Our Lord Jesus Christ in the fullness of time, in...

Apparitions of La Salette – Lady, Why Are You Crying?

“Is it nothing to you, all you who pass by? Look and see if there is any sorrow like my sorrow” (Lam 1:12). Jeremiah’s poignant...

The Basilica of St. Mary Major – Symbol and Bulwark of Orthodoxy

On the Esquiline Hill, the highest in the Eternal City, stands a magnificent church like a standard proclaiming Mary’s victory over her adversaries. The...

The Crowning Achievement of a Loyal Subject

“I am grateful to you for the honour that Your Majesty has done me by increasing the number of your household officers in my...

Élisabeth of France – The Last Sun of Versailles

Among the lugubrious events of the French Revolution, there is no doubt that the beheading of more than forty thousand victims, together with the...

Dogma of the Assumption of Mary Body and Soul into Heaven – Mary’s Triumph!

A devout and attentive reading of the Acts of the Apostles lets us savour and at the same time relive the atmosphere of springtime...

Elijah and the Carmelite Order – The Mantle of Elijah through the Ages

Carmel!… A word that resounds through history like a bell! It evokes great events; it brings to mind prophetic deeds and extraordinary accomplishments of...

Daily Life in Cluny – Source of Living Water for Christendom

A time of wars and anarchy, the 10th century was a crucial moment in European history. The civilizing campaign begun by Charlemagne needed a...

The St. Benedict Medal – An Exorcism Struck on a Medal

“We could do nothing against that place!” confessed some sorceresses imprisoned by the public authorities in Nattremberg, Bavaria, in 1647 on charges of having...

The Church: Teacher of Civilization

I hope the two characters in the discussion I witnessed the other day will not mind if I describe it as I heard it. In...