November 2026, No. 229
October 2026, No. 228
September 2026, No. 227
Who are the Heralds of the Gospel?
Help of Christians
Christmas Carols
November 2026, No. 229
Inside Front Cover
Cherished Daughter of the Church and Her Interpreter
Editorial team
It would show great ignorance, even from a merely practical point of view, to deny the power of art. In the Middle Ages, art was the surest auxiliary of mysticism …
31, October 2026
Our Readers Ask
Can there be repentant people in hell?
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP
Antonio Borda (via email) How many obstacles must be cleared away to answer such a brief question!… The mere mention of the word hell raises a thousand objections, sentiments and …
31, October 2026
Editorial
The Wing of the Human Spirit
Editorial team
There are mysterious and surprising relationships between certain colours, shapes, sounds, scents, and flavours on the one hand, and certain states of soul, on the other. A person, for instance, …
31, October 2026
The Voice of the Popes
“Via pulchritudinis”, a Path to God
Editorial team
Beauty is the visible form of the good, just as the good is the metaphysical condition of beauty. This was well understood by the Greeks who, by fusing the two …
31, October 2026
The Sunday Liturgy
The Sketch and the Work of Art
Fr. Mario Beccar Varela, EP
Anyone who has a project to complete and sets out to realize it always holds a certain idea of the final result. During the process, the creator constantly checks to …
31, October 2026
The Sunday Liturgy
The Oil of Charity
Fr. Hélio Rufilo, EP
This Sunday’s Gospel is part of the sermon delivered by Our Lord on the Mount of Olives, shortly before the Passion, after He had left the Temple and prophesied that …
31, October 2026
Gratitude and Rebellion
Fr. Lucas Garcia Pinto, EP
The life of Our Lord Jesus Christ on earth marked a “before and after” in history and influenced humanity from every standpoint, including our vocabulary. Proof of this is the …
31, October 2026
“My Kingship is not of this world”… yet
Fr. Antonio Jakoš Ilija, EP
The Divine Redeemer is King by right acquired through His Passion, but He is also King by virtue of His omnipotence, exercising dominion over both Heaven and earth. On earth, …
31, October 2026
Constant Vigilance: Watch!
Fr. Rafael Schindler, EP
The liturgical seasons we celebrate throughout the year allow the souls of the faithful to vividly experience the specific graces of the various events of salvation history commemorated in them. …
31, October 2026
The Power of Example
Conquering England with Chant and Enchantment
Editorial team
Forty Benedictine monks, crowded together on a small vessel, watched as the island they sought to conquer – a fearsome place they deemed the abode of the dead – emerged …
31, October 2026
Treasures of Msgr. João
The Greatest Alms for Humanity
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
While passing through a certain place, I opened a door and came upon a cat sitting on its haunches, its tail curled beside its front paws with the tip pointing …
31, October 2026
Theme of the Month
The Helm of History
Artur Pereira de Morais
Why is it that, when we think of Christendom, we can find common elements in the towers of a cathedral, the traditional attire of a people, or heraldic symbols? Is …
31, October 2026
Transcending, Towards the Absolute
Santiago Vieto Rodríguez
It is said that Rubens produced over two and a half thousand works1 – many of enormous proportions – addressing themes as complex as religious and historical subjects. From this, …
31, October 2026
Analysing the Facts
Building for Eternity
Pedro Gusson Angelune Martins
Tourists in a medieval cathedral. The scene aptly represents the paradox in which Western man lives. A child of progress, he cannot detach himself from tradition. He would never build …
31, October 2026
What Does the Catechism Say?
The Vocation of Sacred Art
Editorial team
In defining the essence and purpose of sacred art, the Catechism highlights its sublime mission to manifest the mysteries of God. It cannot, therefore, be conceived from a utilitarian or …
31, October 2026
A Prophet for Our Times
Useful and Necessary Beauty
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
The Middle Ages was an era in which, under the inspiration of the Church, full functionality and perfect beauty were absolutely united. This is not a claim of mine – …
31, October 2026
Splendours of Christian Civilization
Poetry in Painting
Sr. Priscilla Stephanie Cerqueira
Throughout history, man has sought in many ways to represent the nature of his surroundings through art, transcending mere reality and enriching it – whether through splendour, proportion, or colour …
31, October 2026
St. Thomas Explains
God Is “Pulchrifying”
Fr. Eduardo Miguel Caballero Baza, EP
It is one thing to speak the truth; it is another to proclaim it with eloquence. It is one thing to perform a good deed; it is another to carry …
31, October 2026
Lives of the Saints
St. Saturnin of Toulouse - Who Will Be Remembered?
Giovanni Nazareno Clini de Figueiredo
Rome, matriarch of a great historical era. At the mere mention of her name, a sense of inescapable dominion fills the imagination. Her heroes are stony, imposing and invincible; her …
31, October 2026
Dona Lucilia
She Is Always by Our Side!
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
The French often remark, with a touch of humour, that health is a precarious state that always ends badly… And yet, this maxim often applies in a much-mitigated way to …
31, October 2026
Did You Know…
…that the name “Eve” was not chosen by chance?
Editorial team
The reader may well have felt a certain perplexity upon encountering the passage in Genesis: “The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living” …
31, October 2026
…that the dead can be helped by the living?
Editorial team
Charity is the bond that unites the members of the Church and, as the Apostle proclaimed, it “never ends” (1 Cor 13:8), for “neither death, nor life […] will be …
31, October 2026
Catholic Spirituality
A Pilgrimage to the Roman Basilicas
Sara María Gutiérrez Fernández
“I was glad when they said to me, ‘Let us go to the house of the Lord!’” (Ps 122:1). These words, spoken by the psalmist in reference to Jerusalem – …
31, October 2026
Tendencies and Mentalities
The Wealth of the Poor
Ângelo Francisco Neto Martins
Looking at the photos illustrating these pages, we are immediately struck by a sense of exuberant, almost excessive magnificence. One might even say we are contemplating a civil war of …
31, October 2026
Back Cover
The Reign of Christ in Souls
Editorial team
There has never been, nor will there ever be a single monarch endowed with the capacity to govern the interior lives of men, in addition to directing them in the …
31, October 2026
