Editorial

“Ecclesia semper sanctificanda”

The Church arose from the evangelizing impetus of her Founder, Jesus Christ, who gave the Apostles the power to cast out demons, to heal...

Revolution and Counter-Revolution in Sacred Art

In the beginning, God created Heaven and earth and discerned that the whole was “very good” (Gn 1:31) or beautiful, according to a possible translation...

St. Thomas the Great

Few historical personages have deserved the title the Great. Alexander received it for his military conquests and the expansion of the Macedonian Empire. Charlemagne,...

Revolution and Counter-Revolution of the Heart

The heart, already in antiquity, was considered a symbol of the very core of the human personality. Among the Greeks, for example, it circumscribed...

The Great Return

According to St. Thomas Aquinas, the Creator made the universe according to the exitus-reditus scheme: creatures left God’s hands (exitus) in order to return...

The “Chinese River”

Among various metaphors that Dr. Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira used to describe the journey of the human being on this earth, the one he...

The Spring and the Sword

An old proverb rightly states that “weak men create hard times.” If this is so, the problems of the current age can be understood…...

Peter, Who Are You?

On one occasion, in Caesarea Philippi, Jesus asked His disciples: “Who do men say that the Son of Man is?” (Mt 16:13). Some thought John...

Justice Delays, But Never Fails

Justice is one of the divine attributes most often mentioned in Sacred Scripture. It is already evident in the first sin of Adam and...

“For to such belongs the Kingdom of Heaven”

The Incarnation of the Word is one of the greatest mysteries of our Faith, even more so when considered in the light of Christmas....