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Élisabeth of France - The Last Sun of Versailles

Among the lugubrious events of the French Revolution, there is no doubt that the beheading of more than forty thousand victims, together with the unspeakable massacre of three hundred thousand Vendeans, constitute a less-than-prestigious backdrop for those who claimed to be fighting in the name of liberty, equality and fraternity. …
Angela Maria Tomé - 31, July 2024

The Crowning Achievement of a Loyal Subject

“I am grateful to you for the honour that Your Majesty has done me by increasing the number of your household officers in my person.”1 The above words were addressed to Louis XIV by one of his subjects. Was this the beginning of a speech by a troop commander? Or …
Sr. Lucilia Veas - 31, July 2024

The Basilica of St. Mary Major - Symbol and Bulwark of Orthodoxy

On the Esquiline Hill, the highest in the Eternal City, stands a magnificent church like a standard proclaiming Mary’s victory over her adversaries. The Basilica of St. Mary Major, whose dedication the Holy Church celebrates on August 5, has a beautiful history that takes us back to a past steeped …
Matheus Henrique Vieira - 31, July 2024

Blessed Pius IX - Pontiff, Pastor and Father

The Eternal City rejoices. A multitude coming from numerous nations throngs to St. Peter’s Square to watch the procession, which sets out punctually. Two hundred bishops, ranked in two rows in order of seniority, precede the College of Cardinals. Vested with mitre and cope, the Successors of the Apostles compose …
Sr. Juliane Campos - 31, January 2013

St. Bonaventure - 750 Years in Eternity - Herald of Seraphic Love

It is a summer’s night in the Eternal City. While everyone sleeps, a pilgrim quietly approaches the entrance to the grandiose St. Peter’s Square. In the stillness, the two colonnades, which symbolize the open arms of Mother Church,1 seem more welcoming than ever… Suddenly, the silence is broken by the …
Plinio Bosco - 30, June 2024

The Church: Teacher of Civilization

I hope the two characters in the discussion I witnessed the other day will not mind if I describe it as I heard it. In the corner of a waiting room, a priest in a cassock sat silently reading. Two seats away, slouched in his chair, was a young university …
Marco Antonio Rosseto - 30, June 2024

The St. Benedict Medal - An Exorcism Struck on a Medal

“We could do nothing against that place!” confessed some sorceresses imprisoned by the public authorities in Nattremberg, Bavaria, in 1647 on charges of having cast evil spells on the inhabitants of the region. In the trial that followed their arrest, they stated that their wicked machinations were unsuccessful in places …
Gabriel Lopes dos Anjos - 30, June 2024

Elijah and the Carmelite Order - The Mantle of Elijah through the Ages

Carmel!… A word that resounds through history like a bell! It evokes great events; it brings to mind prophetic deeds and extraordinary accomplishments of chosen men. Mountain of the prophets, where the fiery Elijah confronted the priests of Baal and slew them in the valley of Kishon (cf. 1 Kgs …
Sr. Patricia Victoria Villegas - 30, June 2024

“O death, where is thy victory?”

A great silence reigns in the room. From time to time it is interrupted by sorrowful sobs and lamentations for the loss of someone who was with us yesterday and is no more… A lady approaches the coffin with gestures of grief, a friend of the deceased weeps disconsolately, another …
Sr. Cristina Siedlarczyk - 31, March 2017

Conformism or Intransigence?

Conformism… A deplorable mentality at the root of so many disasters throughout history! It turned Lot’s wife into a statue of salt (cf. Gn 19:26), it led Aaron to make a golden calf at the foot of Horeb (cf. Ex 32:1-6), it brought divine reproof upon the piest Heli (cf. …
Letícia Regina Ferratto - 31, March 2022

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