Monthly Archives: August 2015

Venice’s newly elected mayor, Luigi Brugnaro, wants to ban gay-pride parades in this  Italian city. He has become a victim of some of the harshest criticism and hate mail ever since he affirmed: “There will never be a gay pride parade … Continue reading →

I would like to note a beautiful saying of Mahatma Gandhi … Gandhi refers to the three habitats of the cosmos and how each of these provides its own mode of being. The fish live in the sea, and they … Continue reading →

At that time: Herod sent and apprehended John, and bound him in prison for the sake of Herodias, the wife of Philip his brother, because he had married her. For John said to Herod: It is not lawful for thee … Continue reading →

Food for the Heart By Archbishop Francesco Follo Roman Rite Dt 4, 1-2.6-8; Ps 15; Jas 1, 17-18.21-22.27; Mk 7, 1-8.14-15.21-23 1)  Pure religion. After having proposed – divided among five Sundays- the sixth chapter of St John, the liturgy … Continue reading →

Yesterday, 28th August, was the feast day of St. Augustine of Hippo (354–430), perhaps one of the best known saints and Doctors of the Church, and certainly one of the most influential. Please listen to this audio homily by Fr. … Continue reading →

The Spanish-Language website, Adelante La Fe (Advance the Faith) obtained an exclusive interview with Bishop Athanasius Schneider, first published 10th August, 2015, and re-blogged in full on our blog here. To make his excellent points stand out more fully, we will … Continue reading →

Padre Douglas al Bazi recounts the Christian Genocide in Iraq by Matteo Matzuzzi on Rorate Caeli “Wake up! The cancer is at your door. They will destroy you. We, the Christians of the Middle East are the only group that has … Continue reading →

On 21st August 2015 the Catholic Herald reported: ISIS bulldozes ancient Syrian monastery Today, 27th August, Emma Loosley in the Catholic Heral reports: ISIS has just ripped a community’s heart out  The monastery of Mar Elian, destroyed by ISIS, was a … Continue reading →

“Do you realise that Jesus is there in the tabernacle expressly for you – for you alone? He burns with the desire to come into your heart.” – St Thérèse of Lisieux From Vultus Christi: Reading the biography of Virginie Danion … Continue reading →

Posted by Mark Shea on National Catholic Register [Part I of this post can be read here.] Paradoxically, our spiritual God is incarnational. He is not disembodied but has taken on a human nature so that the Word became flesh … Continue reading →

For those of us who have forgotten.

Yesterday’s sermon by Fr Larry Richards. http://thereasonforourhope.org/mp3_homily/20150823.mp3