THE VOICE OF THE POPES
Divine Munus in Human Hands
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
“You are Peter, and on this rock I will build my Church” (Mt 16: 18). What exactly was the Lord saying to Peter with these words? With them, what promise did He make and what task did He entrust to him? And what is He saying to us – to …
GOSPEL COMMENTARY
“Be Reconciled with God!”
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
Gospel of the Ash Wednesday Jesus said to His disciples: 1“Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. 2 “When you give alms, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do …
THEME OF THE MONTH
On the Death of Benedict XVI - The First and the Last Pope
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
That afternoon in Rome, Vatican Hill was the stage of an unprecedented execution: before the eyes of onlookers, a Galilean was crucified upside down. Given the barbarity of the method, it may have been surmised that he was a cruel criminal. In reality, he was the only mortal capable of …
DIVERSE
The Brilliant Trajectory of an Historic Pope
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
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; …
DIVERSE
Upon the Rock That Is Peter
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
Technology has made astonishing progress in the field of armaments over the past decades. Innovations of this kind are frequently reported, even more so in the context of the threatening conflict in Ukraine. Nevertheless, a nation’s military power cannot be reduced to the mere production and stockpiling of weapons. In …
PLINIO CORRÊA DE OLIVEIRA
An Ever-Growing Love of the Church
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
To know the Church in all its resplendence it is necessary, at a certain point, to sense in one’s inmost soul what it is. And the author uses the term sense because, in fact, it would be something like a mystical tasting, hearing, seeing, breathing and, even a touching of …
LIVES OF THE SAINTS
St. Walburga - A Soul Ever Faithful to the Divine Will
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
It is certainly not without reason that Britain has often been called the Isle of Saints. In fact, from the earliest times of its evangelization, countless saints were born in these northerly regions. These saints have often distinguished themselves for their missionary zeal, which did not restrict itself to the …
EDITORIAL
Humility and Chastity, United in the Conquest of Heaven
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 14, nº 156, October 2020
In a society that seeks pleasure with an increasingly exclusive obsession – giving second, third, or last place to that which just yesterday would have been considered “primary” – suffering, misfortune and trials are considered mortal adversaries. With this attitude, the modern world sets itself against the reality of creation, …
DIVERSE
The Exile of Avignon and the Great Western Schism - Holy Even in Exile, Immortal Despite Schism
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
It is said of Cardinal Ercole Consalvi that, in conversation with an opponent of the Catholic religion, he jokingly asked: “How do you think you can destroy the Church if not even we cardinals have managed to do it?…” Historical or not, these words contain a profound truth. Two thousand …
DIVERSE
Letters From a Wise and Prudent Virgin
Heralds of the Gospel Magazine, Vol. 17, nº 184, February 2023
For some decades now the age-old habit of writing letters has been disappearing. Since ancient times, written on papyrus or parchment and even on clay or stone tablets, these means of communication have always reflected the customs, education and mentality of the peoples. The millennia-old stone stelae, tablets on which …
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