Art, Food and the air of Rome. Curated by Lucy Gordon
Faith, said Pope Francis in his Easter Vigil homily on April 3, "is not an album of past memories; Jesus is not outdated. He is alive here and now. He walks beside you each day, in every situation you are experiencing, in every trial you have to endure" By Pope Francis Pope Francis celebrates the [...]
Reaction against Congregation of the Doctrine of Faith symptomatic of a larger problem By Jan Bentz Two young women at a demonstration in front of the Brandeburg Gate in Berlin. After months of internal tug-of-war among bishops and lay activists concerning the so-called “Synodal Path” in Germany, the fuse burned out and detonated vociferously [...]
A New Polytechnic University in Los Angeles, California, USA, Answers the Need for a Faithful, STEM-based Science Education By ITV staff with Zenit (Third from left) President Jennifer Nolan, Ph.D., with Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez, in a photo with the staff of the new Polytechnic University (CPU) Catholic Polytechnic University (CPU) in Los [...]
The Gospel relates the story of the boy Jesus, at once prosaic and unfathomable By Anthony Esolen The Finding of Jesus by William Holman Hunt, Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery People who say the Gospels are mere romances, C.S. Lewis once said, evidently do not know what romances are about. Not to mean any [...]
Professional Training in an Authentically Catholic Context By Monsignor James P. Shea, Ph.L.* Monsignor James P. Shea during a presentation at the university to students and parents. In the times through which we’re living, the importance of genuinely Catholic education can hardly be overestimated. Our culture has been moving away from Christianity for [...]
St. Martin’s Academy Collaborates With “God the Farmer” So That Holiness Can Take Root and Flourish By Daniel Kerr* And as he sowed, there were grains that fell beside the path, so that all the birds came and ate them up. And others fell on rocky land, where the soil was shallow; they sprang up [...]
Mary is the true Canaan, the land flowing with milk and honey By Anthony Esolen Madonna and Child, by Lippo Memmi, now in the Gemäldegalerie, Berlin, Germany “Blessed be the womb that bore you,” cried a woman from the crowd, “and the breasts that you sucked!” But Jesus said, “Blessed rather are those who [...]
Compulsory Vaccination May Be Coming— But Should We Comply? By Anthony Jay, Ph.D. A Catholic Ph.D. Scientist and Researcher at the World-Renowned Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, Explains Why the Risks of a Rapidly Deployed COVID Vaccine Program May Well Outweigh the Benefits In a 3-page paper issued on July 30, two of England’s Catholic bishops [...]
Stefano Navarrini illustration By Mother Martha In early November I received a press release from Sarah Lemieux, the Publicity Coordinator of Sophia Institute Press about its recent publication, The Vatican Christmas Cookbook. It’s the sequel to its best-seller The Vatican Cookbook, which I reviewed in ITV’s August/September 2018 issue. Both volumes are sponsored by [...]
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 [...]
