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The Voice of the Popes


The Redemptive Power of Suffering

Pontifical Magisterium 
Suffering, an inescapable burden of human existence but also a factor of possible personal growth, is “censored”, rejected as useless, indeed opposed as an evil, always and in every way …
31, July 2025

The Sunday Liturgy


Our Heart Rests Only in God

Fr. Alessandro Schurig, EP
Nowadays we see of all kinds of devices designed to make life easier, and they are multiplying at an almost frenetic pace: from personal grooming tools to the most advanced …
31, July 2025

Do Not Be Afraid! Trust and You Will Attain Glory

Fr. Aumir Antonio Scomparin, EP
There are different degrees and types of fear, which can be caused by physical, psychological, social and even religious stimuli. Accounts of some of them appear in both the Old …
31, July 2025

The Glorification of Mary Most Holy

Dcn. Adilson Costa da Costa, EP
“The queen takes her place at your right hand in gold of Ophir” (Ps 45:10). Thus sings the psalmist, inviting us to contemplate the one who, in being assumed into …
31, July 2025

Tendencies and Mentalities


Extravagance or Boldness

Raphaël Six
The Ancien Régime – as the political and social system in France during the period immediately preceding the Revolution of 1789 came to be known – was a complex era. …
31, July 2025

The Sunday Liturgy


Love That Attracts and Divides

Fr. Vicente de Jesús Croes, EP
This Sunday’s readings may seem strange in a world where the word love has acquired a connotation of complicity and unconditional acceptance. In fact, very different from this concept is …
31, July 2025

Let Us Convert Before the Door Is Closed

Fr. João Marcos Cardoso, EP
According to contemporary thinking, the word kindness can designate a thousand qualities, except for one: seriousness. And so it has become synonymous with acquiescence to error or wilful blindness to …
31, July 2025

A God Who Is… Meek and Humble?

Fr. Luiz Henrique de Oliveira, EP
The Liturgy for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time highlights a marvellous aspect of the Soul of Our Lord Jesus Christ, which the Gospel Acclamation invites us to imitate: “learn …
31, July 2025

The Power of Example


A Twofold Return to Life!

Editorial team
It was 1849. The young Charles, who frequented the Oratory founded by St. John Bosco and was then fifteen years old, had fallen seriously ill and was given no hope …
31, July 2025

Treasures of Msgr. João


A Blessed Guest, through Whom God Visits Us

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
I once came across an article written on the subject of solitude. It was a story about a man with an unwelcoming appearance, who described his preferences and his lifestyle, …
31, July 2025

Theme of the Month


Suffering - A Plinian Explanation: The “Sufferative” - Learning to Suffer

Fr. Leandro Cesar Ribeiro, EP
There is a vast bibliography on the subject of suffering. Rivers of ink, both sacred and profane, have flowed alongside the rivers of blood, sweat and tears shed by the …
31, July 2025

Called to Be Co-redemptors!

Sr. Maria Teresa Aquino
It was 1177. Before the Battle of Montgisard, the sublime gesture of a certain king comforted Our Lord Jesus Christ and obtained the victory for the Christians. When the enemy …
31, July 2025

What Does the Catechism Say?


A Human Necessity

Editorial team
§1505 By His Passion and Death on the Cross, Christ has given a new meaning to suffering: it can henceforth configure us to Him and unite us with His redemptive …
31, July 2025

A Prophet for Our Times


Thermometer of True Fervour

Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
In one of the houses in our movement, there is a very beautiful photograph of a tree-lined promenade. It is by no means as lush as those at Fontainebleau forest, …
31, July 2025

St. Thomas Explains


Is it Lawful to Ask God to Remove Suffering from Us?

Editorial team
Prayer is the interpreter of our desires before God (cf. Summa Theologiæ. II-II, q.83, a.9). But is it right to yearn to be free from the sufferings of this life, …
31, July 2025

History – Life’s Teacher


The Black Death - When Calamities Teach Humanity

Marcos Vinícius Santos
There are several ways to read a book. In one of them, a person understands the meaning of the sentences, the simple combination of words, phrases and paragraphs almost mathematically, …
31, July 2025

Lives of the Saints


Venerable Pio Bruno Lanteri - Cunning as a Serpent…

Thiago Resende
The absence of creativity is one of the most characteristic features of the devil’s work. In fact, if you analyse history with a keen eye, you can see how, over …
31, July 2025

Dona Lucilia


Even on the Other Side of the World…

Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
Dona Lucilia’s intercession transcends barriers. Since her death in 1968, we have witnessed the discreet but ever-growing blossoming of a devotion that opens up new paths. The number of people …
31, July 2025

Did You Know…


Did You Know…

Editorial team
The thirty-metre-high statue built on the peak of Corcovado – one of the most enchanting spots in Rio de Janeiro – soon became the main symbol of the Brazilian nation …
31, July 2025

Back Cover


Epitome of Humility and Glory

Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
Who could be humbler than She, who considered herself unworthy to be the slave of the Saviour’s Mother? Did not this attitude represent the highest and purest expression of poverty …
31, July 2025

Heralds Worldwide


Heralds Worldwide

Editorial team
On the occasion of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi, the Heralds of the Gospel participated in various celebrations and processions in honour of the Blessed Sacrament. Highlights include the ceremonies …
31, July 2025

Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish - The Maternal Hand of the Church

Sr. Juliane Campos
Jesus the Good Shepherd Parish of Structural City, located in Brazil’s Federal District, has been a source of grace for its suffering people since its inception, often lifting them out …
31, July 2025

Inside Front Cover


Apostolic Vigour and Supernatural Spirit

Girolamo Dal-Gal
Pius X had an extremely sensitive heart: he was easily moved and effusive. But these outpourings of his heart never left him with his hands tied, as the saying goes. …
31, July 2025

Our Readers Ask


Our Readers Ask

Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP
Oswaldo Wójcik – Ponta Grossa (Brazil) The question is very timely, as it gives us an opportunity to clarify a very common doubt. In the classical language of the Church, …
31, July 2025

Editorial


Without the Cross, There Is No Salvation

Editorial team
St. Thomas Aquinas, the only author whose doctrine the Catholic Church has taken as her own (cf. ST. PAUL VI. Lumen Ecclesiæ, n.24), argues that the main element of Christian …
31, July 2025
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