This is fantastic advice! Read J.R.R. Tolkien’s ‘Silmarillion’ BEFORE the new series, read it WITHOUT their images in your head
This is fantastic advice! With first images from Amazon’s RINGS OF POWER series beginning to pop up on all social media and a trailer looming, do yourself a favour and read the SILMARILLION once more without THEIR images in your … Read More →
Returning to Joseph Ratzinger’s timeless What It Means to Be a Christian
It is all here: The understanding of the radical eruption of God in the world through the Incarnation. The necessity of faith to purify reason and that we have a reasoned faith. The recognition of […]
Day 37: The Mystical Works of God (2022)
Today’s episode dives into the mystical works of God, and what our approach should be for explaining them in the natural world, as we read from Exodus 17-18, Leviticus 12, and Psalm 73. For the complete reading plan, visit ascensionpress.com/bibleinayear. Please note: The Bible contains adult themes that may not be suitable for children – […]
GoFundMe Seizes $10 Million of Trucker Protest Fundraising, Will Give to Charities Instead
GoFundMe says it won’t be giving the C$10 million ($8 million USD) raised to support the truckers protesting COVID-19 mandates to the organizers anymore, saying it will instead work with the organizers to send the funds to “established charities verified by GoFundMe.” “To ensure GoFundMe remains a trusted platform, we work with local authorities to…
Archbishop Aupetit: Pope Francis asked me to stay in Congregation of Bishops after Paris resignation
Archbishop Michel Aupetit of Paris. / Ibex73 via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 4.0). Rome Newsroom, Feb 5, 2022 / 10:47 am (CNA). Archbishop Michel Aupetit said on Friday he will stay on in his position as a member of the Vatican’s Congregation for Bisho… […]
Pope to mayors: Money is not enough to solve our problems
Pope Francis meets with a delegation of Italian mayors on Feb. 5, 2022. / Vatican Media. Rome, Italy, Feb 5, 2022 / 10:53 am (CNA). Money is not enough to solve the problems of society, Pope Francis said during a Feb. 5 audience in Rome with a … […]
The Call of St. Peter
Michel Corneille the Younger, “The Calling of Peter and Andrew,” before 1708 SCRIPTURES & ART: Holiness is greatness. Fear tries to drive away love. Don’t let it!
The Curious Shadows Cast by ‘Nightmare Alley’
‘Nightmare Alley’ (1947) movie poster The darkness that permeates 1947’s ‘Nightmare Alley’ would not seem out of place in today’s world.
Children’s Rosary Unites Children in Africa and America
Children’s Rosary “We have prayed the Children’s Rosary for several years as part of our Catholic Schools Week,” says organizer Deb Franzenburg.
The Galleon, the Tyrant and the 26 Martyrs of Nagasaki
Wolfgang Kilian, “The Martyrs of Nagasaki,” 1628 The air was electric with a holy silence, all Nagasaki dumb with grief, as the parade of martyrs marched past toward the hilltop where their crosses waited.