Dr. Italy
In this brief video by Sherwood Fellows the key themes of Lent are explored - th...
In this 8 minute video, Marcellino D’Ambrosio, Ph.D. (Dr. Italy) shares so...
The parable of the foolish virgins who let the oil in their lamps run out recalls the recurring nightmare that so many experience, of being caught tot...
A reflection on the Solemnity of All Souls, touching on the mystery of death and the afterlife including heaven, hell, and purgatory, and the validity...
St. Martin de Porres lessons from his life: excerpts from the homily given by Pope John XXIII on the occasion of his canonization....
This excerpt from the Confessions of Saint Augustine helps us understand what the author means by the title of his book: his goal is to confess his own weakness and at the same time to confess God's goodness - the mercy of one who sees...
John Paul II's Apostolic Exhortation Familiaris Consortio dealt with many topics relating to the state of the family in the modern world. Here are a few salient excerpts on the issue of Communion for the Divorced and Remarried. [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]n 1980, there was...
Caesarius of Arles' point of departure in this meditation on divine mercy is one of the beatitudes found in the Gospel of Matthew: "Blessed are the merciful, for they shall receive mercy." He exhorts us to become "mercy's slaves" who receive divine mercy & give...
The Martyrdom of Polycarp is the earliest existing account of the capture and death of an early Christian Martyr after St. Stephen. It is an exceptional valuable document since Polycarp is one of the most eminent figures of the 2nd century Church. The letter...
Father Cantalamessa on Limbo and the Unbaptized Offers a Follow-up to Commentary in ZENIT [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']R[/dropcaps]OME, JAN. 24, 2006 (Zenit.org).- A commentary by Capuchin Father Raniero Cantalamessa, published Jan. 6 in ZENIT, prompted questions about the status of unbaptized children who die. The topic...
USCCB President Equates Deep Seated Homosexuality With Heterosexuality [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']I[/dropcaps]n multiple interviews the president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops said that "deep-seated homosexual tendencies" are equivalent to "deep-seated heterosexual" tendencies. Spokane Bishop William S. Skylstad made the remarks to the Washington...
The Threshold of Faith by Fr. John Cihak This article is a popular summary of the contribution to Christian apologetics made by the great French Catholic philosopher, Maurice Blondel, who lived at the turn of the 20th century. The author brings out the relevance of Blondel's thought...
Surprise Health Benefits of Bread [dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']A[/dropcaps]s people have become more conscious of limiting their carbohydrate intake, bread has gotten an increasingly bad name. But several years ago, German researchers made a surprising discovery. They found that the process of baking bread produces...
[dropcaps type='normal' font_size='100' color='' background_color='' border_color='']T[/dropcaps] Tertullian, On Baptism 7-8 (c. 200 AD) “Then having gone up from the bath we are anointed with a blessed anointing of ancient discipline, by which people were accustomed to be anointed for priesthood, by oil from a horn from which Aaron was anointed...