Art, Food and the air of Rome. Curated by Lucy Gordon
By Robert Wiesner Neither the Protoevangelium nor the Gospels mention whether Joachim and Anna were actually able to meet their Divine Grandson in the flesh. The presumption is that they passed to their eternal reward well before the birth of the Messiah. After all, they were rather elderly even before the birth of their daughter. So, [...]
A review of The Catholic Mass: Steps to Restore the Centrality of God by Bishop Athanasius Schneider By Leila Marie Lawler Bishop Athanasius Schneider with Aurelio Porfiri I became a Catholic in 1979 at the age of 19. Thus, I entered the Church in the fullness of her turmoil. Other than a few shards [...]
The God of Genesis is unlike all other gods By Anthony Esolen The first time I read the Hebrew of the first chapter of Genesis, I was stunned by something that I might have known already but never would have associated with the relation between God and his creation, as described by the sacred author. Before [...]
By Mother Martha During the past five years, among its numerous titles, all available from its website, The Sophia Institute Press has published three cookbooks, The Vatican Cookbook (2016, $34.95), Cooking with the Saints (April 2019, $34.95), and The Vatican Christmas Cookbook (September, 2020, $34.95). Mother Martha has reviewed all three in “Food For Thought” (August/September [...]
A Former Anglican chaplain to the Queen of England talks about his entry into the Catholic Church — and the demise of Anglicanism By Dr. Gavin Ashenden* Gavin Ashenden, a former Anglican bishop, is blessed by Bishop Mark Davies of Shrewsbury, England, during Ashenden's reception into the Catholic faith on December 19, 2019. Ashenden, a [...]
Pilgrimage destinations in the heart of the Church By Christina Deardurff History tells us that at the time of St. Paul’s martyrdom in the first century, Roman law prevented any Roman citizen from being put to death through the ignominious method of crucifixion. Tradition tells us that St. Paul, a Roman citizen, was therefore beheaded instead, [...]
“The crudest form of clericalism” The reason for a Church government (as leaders, rather than sacrificial priests) is found in the community of faithful for which such government exists. Government exists per se for the protection of society and its way of life, so that society may achieve the ends for which human communities are [...]
An aerial view of Christendom College, showing the Shenandoah River as it flows by the campus. By Timothy O’Donnell In an era that can truly be described as another Dark Ages, it becomes ever clearer the need to loudly proclaim the Kingship of Christ in our culture. There is perhaps no place more [...]
A review of Julia Meloni's new book The St. Gallen Mafia: Exposing the Secret Reformist Group Within the Church By Dr. Darrick Taylor “Their inward thought is, that their houses shall continue forever, and their dwelling places to all generations; they call their lands after their own names. Nevertheless man being in honor abideth not: he [...]
From Benedict's Peace to Francis's War looks at the new suppression of liturgical tradition from many perspectives By Christina Deardurff Peter Kwasniewski's new book From Benedict’s Peace to Francis’s War. The book collected reactions to Pope Francis’s July 16, 2021 motu proprio Traditionis Custodes Author, educator, musician and liturgy scholar Peter Kwasniewski, an American, [...]
