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St. Joseph’s Legacy

St. Joseph’s Legacy

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 …
Sr. Diana Milena Devia Burbano - 29, February 2024

Mirrors of Jesus Christ

Mirrors of Jesus Christ

There was never a more terrible and relentless outburst of intolerance against the Catholic Faith than that suffered by the burgeoning Church in Japan. Shortly after the indefatigable St. Francis Xavier arrived with the Good News in the secret empire of the East in 1549, the first odours of sanctity …
Santiago Vieto Rodríguez - 31, January 2024

What Colour Is the Sky?

What Colour Is the Sky?

Faced with the apparent banality of the initial question, the most intuitive answer would certainly be “blue”. In fact, the name of this colour in Latin is cæruleus, whose etymology goes back to the sky itself – cœlum – as if to define: blue equals celestial. However, the solution to …
Fr. Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP - 31, December 2023

In Defence of the Immaculata!

In Defence of the Immaculata!

It is night in Seville. The city is passionately engaged in the most stirring hours of its world-famous Holy Week: La Madrugá, that is, the period between midnight of Holy Thursday and the dawn of the following day, a vigil in which some of the oldest penitential confraternities, in a …
José Manuel Gómez - 30, November 2023

Monuments of Catholic Hope

Monuments of Catholic Hope

The true Church smiles serenely in the face of death as no other religion does, confronting the end of life on earth with the hope of imperishable glory. A faithful artistic expression of this Catholic spirit are the medieval gisants. Sepulchres sculpted in marble with meticulous care, they are an …
Javier Antonio Vásquez - 31, October 2023

How Do You Get to the Top?

How Do You Get to the Top?

Dear reader, let’s have a brief dialogue in the last few pages of this magazine. I am sure that you have had to take the stairs many times in your life. I am not talking about a staircase with only three or four steps, but one of those multi-storey flights …
Geovana Ignez Procópio dos Santos - 30, September 2023

Do You Want to Overcome Temptations?

Do You Want to Overcome Temptations?

Anyone walking through the boreal forests, whether in Siberia, Canada or the Nordic countries of Europe, is likely to come upon a huge, very furry and always hungry animal: the bear. In children’s representations, bears are typically presented as charming and even endearing creature, but when faced with one of …
Sr. Mary Teresa MacIsaac - 31, August 2023

Turn the Tuning Pegs!

Turn the Tuning Pegs!

How many feelings, inspirations and memories come to mind when we hear beautiful music played to perfection on a violin! In the midst of melodic delight, those listening to the composition probably do not consider how much effort lies behind those harmonious sounds. The instrument itself, though inanimate, must match …
Mariana Rafaela Magalhães Teixeira - 31, July 2023

Nothing Other Than Thomas

Nothing Other Than Thomas

The Cusco School of painting is characterized by the application of bright colours, vibrant design and plurality of ornament. To portray the Prince of Scholasticism, the method was no different: the panel is full of allegories, the meaning of which requires careful analysis. Moreover, the Latin inscriptions are truncated. Such …
Fr. Felipe de Azevedo Ramos, EP - 30, June 2023

Only of Angels and the Strong?

Only of Angels and the Strong?

Everything was going well. Until one day their lives changed completely. For one insane action, they lost a world of wonders and found themselves cast into a terrible vale of tears… Yes, dear reader, I am referring to the story of Adam and Eve, or rather, to our own history. …
Lorena Mello - 31, May 2023

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