Sr. Carmela Werner

It is well known that potentates of all ages have gone to great lengths to build impressive monuments, eager to leave an everlasting memory of their deeds to posterity. To this end they mobilized massive human resources and dipped deeply into their coffers, until completing a new colossus capable of …

Serene, impassive and glorious, the waters of the Gulf of Lepanto still fascinate the eyes and minds of those who roam its shores, wondering what stories that extraordinary place could tell. But this enchantment cannot be traced to Homer’s inspirations or to the brilliance of Aristotle’s reasoning, which once radiated …

In the period between the apparitions of Fatima and the deaths of Francisco and Jacinta Marto, the Most Holy Virgin produced in their souls a work of perfection that made them worthy to figure among the great Saints of the Church. In casting her gaze upon these little shepherds, Our …

In our days, marked with the sign of secularism, there is an effort to stamp out all suffering from life as if it were something noxious that separates us from the path of happiness. However, despite the fact that scientific breakthroughs have made it possible to control most pain, it …

Through the gift of vocation, God traces out a specific path of sanctification for each of His children and provides natural and supernatural abilities that favour the fulfilment of this individual and unique calling. But He also invites us to place these talents, in one way or another, at the …

Throughout history, the scourge of leprosy has been one of the most expressive symbols of misery, desolation and abandonment. To this day, few misfortunes have equalled the disgrace provoked by this disease, which medical records of every time and place register with drastic descriptions which even the most vivid imaginations …