Editor
Mario Luiz Valerio Kühl
Editorial Board
Severiano de Oliveira;
Silvia Gabriela Panez;
Marcos Aurelio Chacaliaza
St. Thomas Explains
Why Are Liturgical Vestments Used?
On the cold night of Christmas, Our Lady wrapped the Child Jesus in swaddling clothes with maternal tenderness. Similarly, over the centuries, Holy Mother...
Do the Saints in Heaven Truly Intercede for Us?
In the selfish and self-serving world we live in, it is difficult to find a true friend who remains permanently willing to help us,...
Why Read the Bible?
What is our aim when we listen to a lecture, watch a play, read a book, or, in short, come into contact with any...
Is it Lawful to Ask God to Remove Suffering from Us?
Prayer is the interpreter of our desires before God (cf. Summa Theologiæ. II-II, q.83, a.9). But is it right to yearn to be free...
Honouring Parents: a Sacred Duty
For many people pervaded by a relativistic spirit, the existence of the Decalogue – that is, the set of moral rules that should govern...
Called to Judge with Christ
“Judge not, that you be not judged” (Mt 7:1). No one denies this maxim taught by the Divine Master. However, the same Lord promised those...
Does the Mass of a Bad Priest Have Any Value?
We could translate the title above into a simpler formulation: does a good cannon work in the hands of a bad soldier? Or: what...
Epiphany of Omnipotence
Power… a word that has intoxicated so many throughout history, so often signifying an oppressive or so-called retributive force, opposed to benevolence or mercy,...
What Is the Book of Life?
“He who conquers shall be clad thus in white garments, and I will not blot his name out of the Book of Life; I...
No One Can Be Restored by Himself
How do you explain so many souls abandoning a life of sin or paganism to embrace the Cross of Christ, in the hope of...
When I get distracted, does my prayer lose its value?
According to St. Thomas Aquinas (cf. Summa Theologiæ. II-II, q.83, a.1-2), prayer consists in the elevation of our mind to God, inflamed by devotion...