HGM193 - November 2023

Serenity in the Face of Risk

In ancient Alexandria, at a time when Christians allowed themselves to be overcome with tepidity and excessive tolerance of pagan idolatry, God raised up...

Monuments of Catholic Hope

The true Church smiles serenely in the face of death as no other religion does, confronting the end of life on earth with the...

A Balloon Trip

“Boo hoo! Being a rather noisy lad, Albert's voice usually echoed throughout the house, whether he was laughing or crying. Although only six years...

Church and World Events

Religious life on the border with North Korea On one of the world’s most dangerous borders, a group of nuns from the Visitation Order prays...

Heralds Worldwide

  Montes Claros (Brazil) – On August 27, the Heralds of the Gospel of this Archdiocese had the joy of receiving the Metropolitan Archbishop, the...

What seemed to be the end was really the beginning…

April 21, 1968. Dona Lucilia Ribeiro dos Santos Corrêa de Oliveira lay in her apartment on her deathbed. The young Dr. Luiz Moreira Duncan,...

Conquest of the South Pole – As Tall as Giants, as Weak as Dwarfs

The glorious times of Alexander the Great and Julius Caesar were in the distant past. The crusades, in which intrepid warriors combined the impetus...

St. Leonard of Port Maurice – “To die with sword in hand against hell”

The sacred edifice was packed to hear that great preacher. Clothed in the brown tunic of the sons of St. Francis, few knew that...

The Happiness of Eternal Beatitude

I have always had a particular impression of certain descriptions or representations of Heaven. By faith, I knew it was a place where all...

The “Divine Comedy” of Dante Alighieri – Journeying to the Love of God

Drama, pathos, magnitude. Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is one of the greatest literary works mankind has ever produced. This extensive poem, which was composed at...

Princess Eugenie von der Leyen and the Souls in Purgatory – A Life Between Two Worlds

Raised in an aristocratic cradle, a girl named Eugenie was born on May 15, 1867, in Munich, inheriting all the honours of the Germanic...

Near-Death Experiences – The “Dead” Who Came Back to Tell…

Four days had passed since the stone had been laid on the tomb. The body, according to the Holy Scriptures, already had a foul...