October 2026, No. 228
September 2026, No. 227
August 2026, No. 226
Who are the Heralds of the Gospel?
Help of Christians
Christmas Carols
September 2026, No. 227
Inside Front Cover
To the Impatient
Pope St. Gregory the Great
The impatient and the patient must be admonished in different ways. The impatient must be told that, by refusing to rein in their own impetuosity, they will find themselves dragged …
01, September 2026
Our Readers Ask
I work in a bakery that is open on Sundays. Am I breaking the Third Commandment if I continue working there?
Fr. Ricardo José Basso, EP
The Catechism of the Catholic Church teaches that “God’s action is the model for human action. If God ‘rested and was refreshed’ on the seventh day (cf. Ex 31:17), man …
01, September 2026
Editorial
God Is Invincible!
Editorial team
Every human being longs for God. Like a deer parched for water, the human soul yearns for the Creator (cf. Ps 41:2). Original sin, however, introduced an interior disorder that …
01, September 2026
The Voice of the Popes
Martyrs of Yesterday, Today and Every Age…
Editorial team
The monuments and ruins of ancient Rome speak to humanity of the sufferings and persecutions endured with fortitude by our forebears in the faith, the Christians of the first generations. …
01, September 2026
The Sunday Liturgy
Fraternal Correction: a Refined Degree of Love
Fr. Luiz Alexandre de Souza, EP
The Gospel passage for this Sunday’s Liturgy is found between two excerpts that give it full meaning. First, the warning that precedes it: “it is not the will of my …
01, September 2026
The Sunday Liturgy
Forgiveness: God’s “Weakness”
Fr. Marcos Faes de Araújo, EP
The maxim of the law of retaliation, “an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth,” governed the social relationships of ancient peoples. So great was its influence as …
01, September 2026
It Is Always the Time for Conversion!
Fr. Celio Luís Casale, EP
It is during His last journey to Jerusalem that Our Lord Jesus Christ tells the parable of the workers in the vineyard. In it, the Saviour reveals the extreme goodness …
01, September 2026
Divine Pedagogy in Correcting
Fr. Pablo Luis Werner Benjumea, EP
This Sunday’s Liturgy presents us with the passage from the Gospel of St. Matthew in which Our Lord Jesus Christ, after expelling the money changers from the Temple and responding …
01, September 2026
Treasures of Msgr. João
The Expiatory Victim
Msgr. João Scognamiglio Clá Dias, EP
We know that in the Old Testament, the way to make amends for offenses against God consisted of offering a victim, immolating it with the shedding of blood, a symbol …
01, September 2026
Theme of the Month
Martyrdom - Witness, Holocaust, and Glory!
Isabela Fernandes Corrêa
Beneath the streets, squares, and amphitheatres of the bustling Roman capital in the first centuries after Christ, a different life pulsates. Veritable labyrinths extend, narrow and damp, concealing, like criminals, …
01, September 2026
Blood of the Martyrs, Seed of Christians
Gabriel Marques dos Santos
Throughout the centuries, Our Lord Jesus Christ has gifted His Mystical Bride, the Church, with countless treasures: the seamless robe of unity, the pure white mantle of orthodoxy, the powerful …
01, September 2026
A Prophet for Our Times
Graces of the Early Church
Plinio Corrêa de Oliveira
The church1 has the classic cruciform layout. In the right-hand transept of the church – that is, to the left as you enter – above the altar in the side …
01, September 2026
St. Thomas Explains
The Most Perfect of Human Acts?
Fr. Eduardo Miguel Caballero Baza, EP
From the earliest days of Christianity, martyrdom has been a cause of both fear and fascination for the faithful. The mere recollection of places like the Circus Maximus and the …
01, September 2026
History – Life’s Teacher
Gabriel García Moreno – The Promise Vanquished the Volcano
Ângelo Francisco Neto Martins
The fifteen hundred metres of wall have been scaled. The very heart of the fortress remains to be conquered. The prudent desist. Only two brave men dare to advance: Wisse …
01, September 2026
Catholic Spirituality
St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus – Martyr of Love
Bruna Almeida Piva
The year was 1887. Two young French girls were strolling through the city of Rome on a pleasant November morning, accompanied by their father. They were on a pilgrimage to …
01, September 2026
Lives of the Saints
St. Peter Claver – September 9 – Priest, Apostle and… Slave!
Arthur Felipe Grando Leal
Stefan Zweig, the world-renowned Austrian writer, recounts in the preface to his book on Ferdinand Magellan what motivated him to study the adventures of the Age of Discovery and the …
01, September 2026
What Does the Catechism Say?
To Bear Witness to the Truth with Dignity and Fearlessness
Editorial team
The Catechism summarizes a fundamental mission in the life of the baptized: the duty to proclaim and defend the truths of the Faith. To this end, the text sets out …
01, September 2026
Dona Lucilia
A Remedy for All Ills
Elizabete Fátima Talarico Astorino
The words “confidence” and “mother” are practically synonymous. There is no child who does not trust its mother, and where a good mother is lacking, true confidence will rarely flourish. …
01, September 2026
Heralds Worldwide
Heralds Worlwide
Editorial team
The dedication and blessing of the altar of St. Paul the Apostle Oratory, belonging to the Heralds of the Gospel, took place on July 11. The ceremony was presided over …
01, September 2026
Catholic truths
The Most Holy Name of Mary - Reflection of a Celestial Mission
Miguel de Souza Ferrari
“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; …
01, September 2026
Did You Know…
…that the True Cross was hidden for centuries?
Editorial team
For centuries, Judea – a territory dominated by the Roman Empire – kept a profound secret: the whereabouts of the Cross of Christ. It was only in 326 that St. …
01, September 2026
…why we pray with our hands folded?
Editorial team
Hands folded, palm to palm, next to the chest of one who prays: this is one of the most common and expressive positions for Christian prayer. Whether a priest at …
01, September 2026
Tendencies and Mentalities
Letters and “emails”, Autographs and Automatisms
Dcn. Gabriel Borges Bonfim Silva, EP
We may be stating the most obvious of banalities when we say that we are a long way – and how long! – away from the days when people used …
01, September 2026
Back Cover
Passion of the Son, Martyrdom of the Mother
Fr. Charles Rolland.
She suffered, beyond all expression, for all that Jesus Christ suffered […]. What caused St. Lawrence to suffer was the burning gridiron upon which he lay; St. Stephen, the stones …
01, September 2026
