Reflections on life, meaning and purpose

Kyiv: ‘Toddler killed in deliberate Russian strike on Ukrainian city’

Ukraine says a toddler has been killed and 22 injured after a Russian air strike in a residential area of the Ukrainian central city of Dnipro. But there were growing indications Sunday that the war in Ukraine was further escalating beyond its borders, with Russian authorities accusing Kyiv of attacking targets inside Russian territory. Read […]

Daily Rome Shot 707 and cool stuff

Photo by Claudius Unitrinus. It is the Feast of Trinity Sunday and the liturgical anniversary of my ordination in 1991. I am about to delve into a book with a unwieldy title, but not lacking in descriptive force: Illusions of Reform – … Read More →

An Exorcist’s Guide for a True Spiritual Warrior: 6 Essential Tips

We have had a few cases in the recent past that have been particularly brutal.   A few young women have been repeatedly brutalized by demons at night and during the sessions.  They have been choked, limbs twisted, bruised and beaten, demonically raped at night, and more.   Demons have threatened them, raged, cursed, and […]

Pope Francis explains why Catholics make the sign of the cross

Pope Francis delivers his Angelus address on June 4, 2023. / Vatican Media Vatican City, Jun 4, 2023 / 06:05 am (CNA). Each time that a Catholic makes the sign of the cross, it is a reminder that God is a communion of love, Pope Francis said Sunday. Speaking on the solemnity of the Most […]

Pope Francis prays for victims of train crash in India that killed 275 people

Pope Francis prays at his Wednesday audience in St. Peter’s Square on April 12, 2023. / Daniel Ibáñez/CNA Vatican City, Jun 4, 2023 / 06:45 am (CNA). Pope Francis prayed Sunday for the victims of a train crash in India that killed at least 275 people. “I am close to the injured and their families. […]

WDTPRS – Trinity Sunday: Are you beautiful at Mass?

  At some point we wind up taking a stab at explaining the Trinity to someone.  Results vary. Today, to get at the mystery of the Most Holy Trinity, let’s use the final prayer at Holy Mass in the venerable, … Read More →

‘That divine eccentric’: Caryll Houselander and visions of the suffering Christ

When Maisie Ward, in her biography of Caryll Houselander, called her “that divine eccentric,” Ward knew what she was talking about. Although divinity was up to God, there was no question that Houselander was eccentric. And, as Ward, her friend and publisher, knew, Houselander was also one of the finest spiritual writers of modern times. […]