Cardinal Maradiaga: Europe is doing too little against drug use
By Tobias Käufer (KNA) Record drug finds in harbours in the Netherlands and Belgium, record production in Colombia. Plus almost weekly reports of violence in Mexico, Ecuador and Argentina. In Latin America, the power of the drug cartels appears to be increasing all the time. Now one of the most prominent heads of the Catholic […]
Join the Trad Fasting Lay Sodality
We are pleased to announce the 2nd edition of Matthew Plese’s work just released: The Definitive Guide to Catholic Fasting & Abstinence. This book forms the basis for our lay sodality, The Fellowship of St. Nicholas, founded by Pese with OnePeterFive and Sensus Fidelium. Read about and join the sodality here. You can learn more and hear […]
3 Astonishing Mysteries About the Shroud of Turin Revealed by a Medical Expert
Is the Shroud of Turin mere cloth or a compelling chronicle of Christ’s Crucifixion? In this episode of “The Catholic Talk Show,” Ryan Scheel, Ryan Dellacrosse, and Fr. Rich Pagano join medical expert and Shroud researcher Dr. Gilbert R. Lavoie to share three astonishing mysteries about this sacred cloth! 1) Ancient and Unique Stitching Patterns […]
Diebus Saltem Dominicis: You can’t be surprised by Lent
Our coming Sunday is already Septuagesima. Let’s do the technical stuff first. Septuagesima slides around from year to year because Easter slides around because the Moon is a bit of a calendrical coquette, or as Juliet calls her, “inconstant”. Easter is early this year, 31 March. We celebrate Easter in the Western Churches on the […]
Beauty Beyond Outer Appearance: Debunking Myths of Attraction Through the Eyes of Faith
Are men really from Mars, or is there a more soulful story to be told? On this episode of “The Catholic Gentleman,” John Heinen, Sam Guzman, and Devin Schadt challenge our stereotypes of attraction and reveal the little-known spiritual dimensions behind men’s appreciation of women! In our world fixated on superficial appearances, the gentlemen say […]
Woman Converts to Catholicism After Praying “Hail Mary” Every Day for Three Years
Last week a woman took to X (Formerly Twitter) to share her conversion story. She explains that during college in 1993, her Italian boyfriend taught her the “Hail Mary”. She wrote down the prayer in her journal and recited it daily in Italian. Three years later, she converted to Catholicism. “It never occurred to me […]
The Dance of the New Year
Perhaps painting is more natural to man than writing; certainly the oldest cave paintings extant are tens of thousands of years older than the earliest examples of writing. Some of these ancient paintings are incredibly graceful; for example, the horses and bulls of the Lascaux caves in France, dating from perhaps 17,000 years ago, reveal […]
Why Did Monks Have That Haircut? The Little-Known Meaning of Monastic Tonsure
Artistic depictions of saints like Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Francis of Assisi, and even Saint Thomas Aquinas, show them with a similar haircut. This style involved shaving the top of the head but leaving a circle or halo shape of hair around the head. Wikimedia Commons, Public Domain During medieval times, clerics in a […]
Celebrating Brigid 1500 in Kildare
1500 years from the death of St Brigid, the legacy of her faith in Jesus and beautiful attitude of mercy is being celebrated and remembered in the cathedral that carries her name in Kildare town. Dean Isobel Jackson talks with Ray Hayden about Brigid’s life story and inspiring leadership in founding her monastery in […]
Church in Poland faces headwinds under Tusk government
In Poland, the Catholic Church is struggling with adversity in society and politics. It is therefore speaking out strongly against the new centre-left government, particularly with regard to its family policy, writes Oliver Hinz Warsaw (KNA) In January, the priestly profession in Poland often resembles a back-breaking job. Day after day, priests go from house […]