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The Message of the Icon: Samuel Anoints David
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The Message of the Icon: Samuel Anoints David
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The Message of the Icon: Samuel Anoints David

By Robert Wiesner The story of the Prophet Samuel anointing David as king of Israel is well-known; after examining all the sons of Jesse, he was aware that he had not yet found the one to be named king. The youngest son was out tending sheep and, of course, no one was convinced that such a [...]

I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
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I Know That My Redeemer Liveth
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I Know That My Redeemer Liveth

He is the great Vindicator, who pays our ransom "skin for skin" By Anthony Esolen The resurrection of the dead in a detail from Michelangelo’s Last Judgment in the Sistine Chapel A few nights ago, when my wife’s beloved father lay in the hospital, comfortable and at peace, I searched my Breviarium Romanum for [...]

Church Needs To Prepare Herself To Become A “Diaspora Church”
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Church Needs To Prepare Herself To Become A “Diaspora Church”
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Church Needs To Prepare Herself To Become A “Diaspora Church”

Fr. Michał Paluch, O.P. Fr. Michał Paluch, O.P., presents a new Institute of Culture to share the legacy of St. John Paul II and spread the Christian message By Jan Bentz A poster presenting the new Institute in Rome Pope, saint, spiritual father to millions. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary [...]

Who Will the Next Pope Be?
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Who Will the Next Pope Be?
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Who Will the Next Pope Be?

A veteran Vaticanist gives the faithful — and voting Cardinals — profiles of the most likely "Papabili" (those "capable of being elected Pope") By Jan Bentz Pentin himself. Pentin is a British journalist who has covered the Vatican with courage and distinction for many years now for the National Catholic Register In a new [...]

Food For Thought: At last Rome’s “Il Tuo Vissani”
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Food For Thought: At last Rome’s “Il Tuo Vissani”
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Food For Thought: At last Rome’s “Il Tuo Vissani”

Eccentric and bombastic Italian chef Gianfranco Vissani was “to the kitchen born.” His father, Mario Vissani, was the owner and chief chef of a country-style restaurant in his tiny medieval hometown of Civitella del Lago near Orvieto in Umbria, in the very heart of Italy. Mario’s customers were local fishermen and Sunday tippers. Gianfranco started [...]

A Young Polish Priest, Murdered 36 Years Ago, Is Remembered
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A Young Polish Priest, Murdered 36 Years Ago, Is Remembered
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A Young Polish Priest, Murdered 36 Years Ago, Is Remembered

Fr. Jerzy Popieluszko, the chaplain of the Solidarity movement, is on the path to sainthood By Barbara Middleton An image of Blessed Jerzy Popieluszko. Above right, his mother, Marianna, attends the beatification ceremonies of her son on June 6, 2010. Earlier this year, Barbara Middleton interviewed Marek Popieluszko, nephew of Blessed [...]

East-West Watch: Can Disease Be Transmitted Through Communion?
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East-West Watch: Can Disease Be Transmitted Through Communion?
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East-West Watch: Can Disease Be Transmitted Through Communion?

By Peter Anderson For the Catholic Church, the method of distributing Communion in most locations has been modified during the time of the COVID pandemic. With the reopening of churches, the general practice of dioceses in the United States has been to allow only the distribution of Communion in the hand, and not on the [...]

“The Tongue Is a Fire”
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“The Tongue Is a Fire”
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“The Tongue Is a Fire”

The evil of lighting fires of destruction with the tongue — and the keyboard By Prof. Anthony Esolen Highlight from the troubling Christ Carrying the Cross, attributed to a follower of Hieronymus Bosch, Museum of Fine Arts in Ghent, Belgium “The tongue is a fire,” says Saint James. “The tongue is an unrighteous [...]

Of Books, Art and People: Caravaggio and His Admirer, Roberto Longhi
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Of Books, Art and People: Caravaggio and His Admirer, Roberto Longhi
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Of Books, Art and People: Caravaggio and His Admirer, Roberto Longhi

By Lucy Gordan Boy Bitten by a Lizard by Caravaggio. Prolonged through January 10, 2021 at Rome’s Capitoline Museums, is the temporary exhibition, Il Tempo di Caravaggio: Capolavori della collezione di Roberto Longhi, or The Times of Caravaggio: Masterpieces from the Art Collection of Roberto Longhi. I’ve already written three articles for ITV [...]

“All languages seem the same to him”
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“All languages seem the same to him”
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“All languages seem the same to him”

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 [...]

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