More than a century ago, Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson foresaw the rise of secular humanism, the contraction of the Catholic Church, and the coming of the Antichrist... By ITV Staff Editor’s Note: The passage below is from the novel Lord of the World, written by the English Catholic convert Monsignor Robert Hugh Benson (the son of [...]
By Lucy Gordan Santa Maria dell’Anima (St. Mary of the Soul), located close to Piazza Navona. In contrast with the austerity of the church’s exterior, its interior is lavishly decorated with brightly colored frescoes, paintings, and sculptures, including Baldassare Peruzzi’s funerary monument for the gloomy Dutch Pope Adrian VI Many countries have national [...]
Clarifying the difference between an imposed "pop" music and a music truly "of the people" and their religious heritage By Maestro Aurelio Porfiri Rome, Basilica of Sant’Ignazio di Loyola in Campo Marzio. XI International Festival of Sacred Music and Art Romano Amerio’s book Iota Unum. A critical study of pre- and post- conciliar [...]
By Mother Martha All his life Joseph Ratzinger was devoted to his close-knit family, theology, music (especially Mozart, Bach, and Beethoven), cats, and food. His close attachment to food, especially sweets. was due to his mother, Maria Peintner. Born in Mülbach in Bavaria, though some sources say in the South Tyrol (today Italy), on January 8th, [...]
By Courtney Mares (CNA) Archbishop Paul Richard Gallagher, 69, the Vatican’s “foreign minister” as the Secretary for Relations with States since November 2014 Photo-Daniel Ibáñez/CNA The Vatican’s foreign minister has said that the VaticanChina deal was “not the best deal possible” and that negotiations are underway to make the deal “work better.” In a [...]
By Matthew Trojacek CATHOLIC PRIEST FROM UKRAINE GIVES POPE FRANCIS CROSS MADE OUT OF WAR RUBBLE Father Vyacheslav Grynevych, Catholic priest from Ukraine gives Pope Francis cross made out of war rubble Father Vyacheslav Grynevych vividly remembers the first day of the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine one year ago. The Catholic priest woke [...]
By Peter Anderson The enthronement ceremony of the new Archbishop of Cyprus, Georgios, took place at the Cathedral of the Apostle Barnabas in Nicosia On November 7, 2022, the primate of the Orthodox Church of Cyprus, Archbishop Chrysostomos II, died at the age of 81. Because of this, it was necessary to choose a [...]
"I believe in one Lord, Jesus Christ, the only Son of God, eternally begotten of the Father. Light from Light, true God from true God, not made, one in being with the Father" By Robert Wiesner Arius sentenced by the Council of Nicea, icon from the monastery of Mégalo Metéoron, Greece Of all the [...]
His outstretched finger points to something—Someone—other than himself By John Byron Kuhner St. John the Baptist Announces the Coming of Christ by Mattia Preti (c. 1665) I once had the misfortune of touring the Uffizi Galleries in Florence in the company of a renowned professor of art history. Art history professors are of course [...]
This year is the 10th anniversary of the election of Pope Francis to the papacy, which occurred on March 13, 2023. In recognition of this anniversary, several news outlets were granted interviews with the Holy Father in the month of March. Francis addressed the questions in his signature style of frankness and informality. The topics covered [...]
