HGM184 - February 2023

The Reward for Fidelity

When Mary and Joseph arrived at the Temple, they were met by the priest Simeon who, “inspired by the Spirit”, had gone there. Our Lady...

Vox Prophetica

Journeying over mountains and through valleys, following winding rivers and rough or paved roads, one scene that commonly meets the traveller’s eyes is that...

The Lamb, the Pigs and the Mud

It is the peak of summer. “Oh, what a hot day!” the farm animals complain. Horses are lazy; donkeys stubbornly refuse to budge; the...

Church and World Events

Desecrations and vandalism in Europe during Christmas Christmas celebrations have been the occasion for acts of vandalism against the Church. In the chapel of the...

Heralds Worldwide

Concerts in Praise of the Christ Child “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will” (Lk 2:14), sang...

A Voyage Marked by Suffering

Far across the ocean, the Old Continent beckoned all the lovers of sound tradition and refined customs. And these were not in short supply...

Letters From a Wise and Prudent Virgin

For some decades now the age-old habit of writing letters has been disappearing. Since ancient times, written on papyrus or parchment and even on...

The Exile of Avignon and the Great Western Schism – Holy Even in Exile, Immortal Despite Schism

It is said of Cardinal Ercole Consalvi that, in conversation with an opponent of the Catholic religion, he jokingly asked: “How do you think...

St. Walburga – A Soul Ever Faithful to the Divine Will

It is certainly not without reason that Britain has often been called the Isle of Saints. In fact, from the earliest times of its...

An Ever-Growing Love of the Church

To know the Church in all its resplendence it is necessary, at a certain point, to sense in one’s inmost soul what it is....

Upon the Rock That Is Peter

Technology has made astonishing progress in the field of armaments over the past decades. Innovations of this kind are frequently reported, even more so...

The Brilliant Trajectory of an Historic Pope

An admirable theologian, a shrewd diplomat and a most influential ecclesiastic: these are some of the attributes of the one who has just departed...