History – Life’s Teacher - Heralds Magazine

History – Life’s Teacher - Heralds Magazine

Anne of St. Bartholomew and the Power of Prayer - An Elite Troop for the Church

“Tell me, who is the first captain of the age?” a noble lady asked Maurice of Nassau.1 “Spinola is the second!” he replied proudly, thereby naming himself first man-at-arms. Maurice led the Calvinist troops in Holland and had already inflicted numerous defeats on the Catholic forces, conquering almost the entire …

Sr. Maria Teresa Matos - 31, December 2024

The Renaissance - The Past Has its Novelties

There are two ways of understanding the present: as the past of the future and as the future of the past. And let the reader not think that this introduction is a mere play on words. It is an indisputable fact – almost a platitude – that previous centuries have …

Alessandro Tiso - 31, March 2025

The Flight of Dom John VI - An Exodus Between Life and Death

The sun showed itself without veils that day: it seemed to want to contemplate itself in the calm waters of the river, while drying the tears of that desolate crowd. In the current, highlighted by the reflections of the king star, dozens of boats could be seen moving away. They …

Fernando Joaquim Costa - 28, February 2025

Mother and Counsellor of the Popes

May 10, 2025. In front of the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Counsel in Genazzano, Italy, a multitude of the faithful crowded together to witness, filled with emotion, the arrival of the newly elected Pontiff Leo XIV, who wished to visit the miraculous fresco of Mary. “I wanted so …

Gabriela Cifuentes Forero - 01, April 2026

The Papacy in the Face of the Revolution

Essentially egalitarian and sensual, the Revolution has rebelled throughout the centuries against all forms of truth, beauty and goodness. Its ultimate goal, doomed to inevitable failure, is to dethrone God Himself. On the other hand, the Holy Catholic Church has as her mission to perpetuate the presence of the Divine …

Gabriel Marques dos Santos - 01, February 2026

The Mendicant Orders and the Disputes in the University of Paris – The Defence of the Mendicants

Church institutions arise organically, without prior planning. This is a habitual “method” of the Holy Spirit: to address the problems of the moment, solving difficulties as they arise. Thus, over the centuries, the complex structure of the ecclesiastical hierarchy, the norms of consecrated life, the various religious orders, and even …

Sr. Marcela Beorlegui - 01, February 2026

The Queen of History

Chess has its mysteries. How can it be that a knight can perform an Olympic leap over a rook? That bishops can only glide along on squares of a single colour? That a pawn, after quite a dash, can even become a queen, right under the nose of the astonished …

Santiago Ignacio Ramírez - 30, April 2026

The Vendean Insurrection – The Victory of the Vanquished

As the year 1793 dawned, France seemed a nation doomed to disappearance. Everything that had been stable in thirteen centuries of Christian monarchy was disintegrating or being destroyed. The king had been beheaded; the royal family was imprisoned; the nobility had emigrated; the clergy was divided between the persecuted and …

Pedro Gusson Angelune Martins - 01, March 2026

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