Miguel de Souza Ferrari

The sun was casting its last rays over the Black Forest. Only the topmost branches of its lush trees were catching a remnant of rosy light when, in the twilight, it was possible to make out the figure of a man walking towards the town of Ettenheim, four leagues from …

There are certain words that, when spoken, are like a ray of light in the densest darkness, capable in themselves of producing consolation and hope. Lourdes is one of them. When we hear this name, the scene of the candlelight procession, the blessed grotto of Massabielle and its statue, or …

Drama, pathos, magnitude. Dante Alighieri’s Divine Comedy is one of the greatest literary works mankind has ever produced. This extensive poem, which was composed at the end of the Middle Ages, sets its main argument, not in sentimental love, nor in praises of the homeland, still less in nostalgia for …

An admirable theologian, a shrewd diplomat and a most influential ecclesiastic: these are some of the attributes of the one who has just departed this life, Pope Benedict XVI. Hardly anyone could more aptly fulfil all the requirements for the office of Supreme Pontiff in our times than Joseph Ratzinger; …

Nothing seems capable of stopping the Russian advance. In Ukraine the red flag already flutters. Now the Communists head for Poland. After conquering the country, they will soon head west; they wish, after dominating the whole of Europe, to overpower America and Asia as well. The universal expansion of this …

What would the superior of a Franciscan friary in Poland think if one of his friars expressed the desire set out on a mission in Japan to preach the Gospel to the people of that land? At first he might even take the proposal naturally. And what if his subordinate …

“No one is a good judge in their own cause,” as the saying goes. Or, to use the words of Our Lord Jesus Christ: “If I bear witness to myself, my testimony is not true” (Jn 5:31). The reader may have already applied this principle, even unintentionally, or heard it …

“The whole is worth more than the sum of its parts.” This well-known maxim is considered indisputable, a universal philosophical principle. Illustrious doctors have used it to describe the relationship between Our Lady and the Church, asserting that the Blessed Virgin, as a supremely excellent member of the Church, is …

“The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living” (Gn 3:20). “No longer shall your name be Abram, but your name shall be Abraham; for I have made you the father of a multitude of nations” (Gn 17:5). “So you are Simon the son …