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Did You Know…

Uniting East and West has always been a challenge, and not even the imperious Alexander the Great achieved such a glorious endeavour. History learned from him that conquering territories does not mean uniting peoples… This immense feat, however, was accomplished by the Catholic Church by uniting the two extremes of …
Editorial team - 31, October 2025

Did You Know…

“Divide et impera” was the motto of Roman authority throughout its existence. This ancient advice, however, applies not only to dividing the empire into regions, the army into phalanxes, or the enemy into factions, but also admirably to daily life: in dividing schedules, distinguishing concepts, delegating tasks… Incredibly, the golden …
Editorial team - 31, August 2025

…why the Pope chooses a new name?

A man receives a name when he is born into the world by nature, when he is born into grace through Baptism, when he dies to the world through religious vows, and when he dies to himself by virtue of a vocation that confiscates him entirely. Abram was renamed Abraham …
Editorial team - 01, February 2026

…why we call the Supreme Pontiff Pope?

Pope: this is the title Catholics use to refer to their father… Yes, father, in the strictest and most etymological sense of the term. Πάππας – papas – was one of the first words babbled by Greek-speaking children. Directed with effusive affection to the father who protected, fed, taught, corrected …
Editorial team - 01, February 2026

…what the Ministries of Lector and Acolyte are?

Wise and maternal, the Catholic Church establishes different states and degrees in the service of sacred worship. In this hierarchy of functions, the clergy – Bishops, priests, and deacons – who have received the Sacrament of Holy Orders, occupy a prominent place. However, some baptized and confirmed lay people who …
Editorial team - 01, March 2026

…that Our Lady left her portrait in Italy?

Christian tradition tells us that in Rossano, in the region of Calabria, Italy, in the 7th century a venerable monk, an ardent devotee of the Virgin Mary, asked and obtained permission from the emperor to convert the cave where he lived into a church dedicated to the Mother of God. …
Editorial team - 01, March 2026

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