Sr. Diana Milena Devia Burbano

To many of our contemporaries, and even to some Catholics, the saints seem like towering mountains of virtue, superhuman beings, predestined, separated from all and from everything, inimitable in the awesome grandeur of their deeds… Yet, from the heights of Heaven, where they enjoy eternal bliss, how they must smile …

More, much more and always more, breaking all limits, surpassing with such exuberance the “normality” of the facts, that his surrender, his restitution and his love were fully on a par with the love of Holy Mother Church for her children… This is the meaning of Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira’s …

The mere mention of the query that heads this article disturbs us. It is unsettling because of our uncertainty regarding the answer; it makes us doubt the plans we have made for the future; it brings down the most powerful fortresses that have been built up on dreams and founded …

Reborn through baptismal waters as a child of God and a living temple of the Trinity, every member of the faithful is a light in the darkness of the world and a member of the Church Militant, battling to establish Christ’s Kingdom on earth. Each of us, therefore, has a …

For just over three years, Jacques Fesch has been a prisoner. And as his layer has just informed him, he is now facing the death penalty. For this twenty-seven-year-old, it will all be over in just two months. What a tragic prospect!… Will two months of life be enough to …

Prince of the House of David and safeguard of all the divine promises made over millennia… Yet how simply the virginal father of the God-Man lived, the holder of such august titles! Iconography generally depicts him carrying a staff devoid of any adornment apart from the usual lilies. There have …

Paris, 1968. The fair City of Light, bursting with life, an unrivalled setting for some of Christendom’s greatest jewels, known as the centre of culture, elegance and refinement, “the glory of France and one of the most remarkable ornaments in the world,” according to Montaigne, was once again radiating its …

Four days had passed since the stone had been laid on the tomb. The body, according to the Holy Scriptures, already had a foul odour. However, Lazarus came back to life and became an indisputable symbol of Jesus’ omnipotence: His power over life and death extended beyond the threshold of …

If, instead of publishing a book, that “lunatic” architect had thrown a bomb at Windsor Castle, the impact could hardly have been of a greater magnitude than that caused by this work… The fact he had left Anglicanism to embrace the Catholic Faith was already a great scandal in nineteenth …

Nicaea, in the 9th century. The persecution of the truth has become violent. In the hands of a widow lies the fate of a precious icon. There are only two options: either allow the sacred painting to fall into enemy possession and be desecrated, or throw it into the sea. …