Book Review: Benedict, Baltimore and the Barbary Pirates
Reviewed by Günther Simmermacher BENEDICT, BALTIMORE AND THE BARBARY PIRATES: The untold, true story of an African slave who became a Christian wonder-worker,...
Church History
Book Review: Rise up and Go: Recovering the Untold Story of the Holy Cross Sisters in South Africa
By Daluxolo Moloantoa – Rise up and Go, Sisters of the Holy Cross, Southern African Province – An Account of...
Vatican Council II turns 60 – with still so much to teach us!
By Tony Magliano – One of the most important events in the modern history of the Catholic Church will soon reach...
Though Nicaea is a ruin, its Creed stands and unites Christians, pope says
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – Although the ancient city of Nicaea lies in ruins and the geographic centre of Christianity...
Pope Issues Apostolic Letter on the Creed, Marking Anniversary of Nicaea
By Cindy Wooden, CNS – When Christians recite the Creed, it should prompt an examination of conscience about what they...
Constantine, the Catholic Church and the Myth of a Man-Made Faith
By Jason Scott – One of the strangest and most common attacks on the Catholic Church is the claim that...
The Day a Saint Shoved Me
In 1965, Michael Shackleton was a priest and private secretary to Cardinal Owen McCann. As we enter the year of...
Schoenstatt Shrine Golden Jubilee – Homily by Fr Michael Hagan ISch
It is a great joy that we are gathered here today at the Bedfordview Shrine. I am sure that the...
Guy Fawkes and the Catholic Reactionary Plot
By Jason Scott – Guy Fawkes, caught beneath London’s Parliament with enough explosives to destroy the building and everyone in...
