Heaven’s Icon: Sister Lucy’s Vision at Tuy, Spain
The devotion to the Heart of Mary had a long history before the revelations of Our Lady of Fatima. But — as with the devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which took on a whole new dimension with the revelations to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque — the devotion to Our Lady’s Heart was given [...]

Scientific Conference Refuting Evolution Theory to be held in Rome
Press release from the sponsors: Scientific Conference Refuting Evolution Theory to be held in Rome, Italy The Scientific Impossibility of Evolution November 9, 2009 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. St. Pius V University (Rome) In Response to Pope Benedict XVI’s Call for Both Sides to be Heard FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – OCTOBER 16, 2009 CONTACT: H. M. OWEN [...]

Anglicans? Say Rather They Are Catholics!
Here come the Anglicans! And it’s a good thing. When England was evangelized, it was explicitly and directly a papal project, the inspiration of Pope Saint Gregory the Great, who sent his fellow Italian, Saint Augustine, to do the job. This was after a providential misadventure trying to go there himself. For the rest of time, [...]

Hope in God, not the World; Spe Salvi
(Originally published December 06th, 2007) The Holy Father’s latest encyclical, Spe Salvi, was published on Friday, the Feast of Saint Andrew. Releasing it as he did just before Advent, the Pope Benedict seems to be consciously presenting us with an Advent theme. This is appropriate enough, for Advent is the season of hope par excellence. Some [...]

Concerning Palantíri and Blogses: Technology without Grace
A recent news story from the Los Angeles Times tells of a multi-level tragedy that reveals once again the the depravity of fallen human nature in its technologically-enhanced destructive ugliness. In brief, a teenage girl who was subject to depression was befriended by a sixteen-year-old boy online. After the six-week Internet friendship had developed to [...]