History – Life’s Teacher

The Mendicant Orders and the Disputes in the University of Paris – The Defence of the Mendicants

Church institutions arise organically, without prior planning. This is a habitual “method” of the Holy Spirit: to address the problems of the moment, solving...

The Papacy in the Face of the Revolution

Essentially egalitarian and sensual, the Revolution has rebelled throughout the centuries against all forms of truth, beauty and goodness. Its ultimate goal, doomed to...

The Conversion of Francis Collins – And Science Bowed Before Faith…

The universe holds countless mysteries that make the human heart wonder. From the largest stars to the tiniest grains of sand, everything contains mysteries...

Giovanni Gabrieli and Sacred Music – Sing Unto the Lord a New Song

Perhaps few things are as difficult to express in words as music! In its varied and vast scope, the universe of music amounts to...

The Feats of Catholic Soldiers during World War I – A Catholic Can Only Be a Hero!

To be Catholic, one must be a hero. But how often, to be a hero, one must be Catholic. The first principle, every Catholic discovers...

The Crystal Defended by the Lion

The fourth century was an epoch of war, and of the worst kind there is: that which unfolds in times of peace. The persecution...

The Vulgate Bible – A “Betrayal” of the Word of God?

Injustice can penetrate even the most unsuspected areas of human culture. The proof is that it has infiltrated proverbs, as exemplified by the Italian...

The Black Death – When Calamities Teach Humanity

There are several ways to read a book. In one of them, a person understands the meaning of the sentences, the simple combination of...

Martyrdom of the brothers Justus and Pastor – Sanctity Knows No Age

Another day was drawing to a close in one of the countless Roman cities of the early fourth century. While the increasingly decadent pagans...

Duchess Sophie Chotek von Hohenberg – Marital Fidelity Taken to the Extreme

June 28, 1900. With a determined mind, Archduke Franz Ferdinand – heir presumptive to the throne of the Austro-Hungarian Empire – accepted the destiny...

1,700 Years Since the Council of Nicaea – Five Lessons for Today

If history is life’s teacher, we can judge an institution that has existed for two millennia to be privileged! Nothing, except the ever-new action...

Fr. Walter Joseph Ciszek, SJ – Complete Surrender to the Divine Will

We know that the journey of human life is not made up solely or even mostly of joys and pleasures, but that it is...