Friday, May 01, 2026

"Lord, increase my pain, but increase also my patience." ~ The death of Pope Saint Pius V

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Pope Saint Pius V is saved from assassination by a miraculous crucifix. Detail from an early 18th century anonymous painter of the Roman Sch...
Sunday, April 19, 2026

Deus Non Vult? - Pope Leo XIV, Donald Trump, Clermont, and Lepanto

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Medal showing Pope St. Pius V struck in honor of the victory of the Holy League at Lepanto. Last week's blow-up between the Roman Cathol...
Friday, April 10, 2026

The Avignon Papacy at Mar-a-Lago? ~ Is the Trump Administration attempting to capture Pope Leo XIV?

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Cardinal Pierre and Undersecretary Colby share a heated and contentious handshake during their meeting in January 2026 (courtesy of DOW Rapi...
Thursday, April 02, 2026

"The Easter Hare is Inexplicable to Me" ~ Is the Easter Bunny a Christian or a heathen?

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The Easter Bunny as imagined by Johann Conrad Gilbert in the late 18th century.   OK, I admit it. I have never liked the Easter Bunny.  Of c...
Friday, March 13, 2026

"He commanded them to rebuild the Temple." ~ Julian the Apostate's spectacular failure to reconstruct the Temple in Jerusalem in AD 363

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"For I am rebuilding with all zeal the temple of the Most High God." –Julian the Apostate as preserved in De Mensibus written by ...
Thursday, March 05, 2026

"Wherever the foot chanced to fall it rested on ashes." ~ The Great Peshtigo Fire, Adele Brice, and The Woman in the Trees

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Servant of God Adele Brice surrounded by the children Our Lady called her to teach. The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion (originally ...
Wednesday, February 04, 2026

The Youth Movement that Brought Catholicism to Korea

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Korean scholars studying the Western Learning in the late 18th century.  The host city for  World Youth Day 2027  will be Seoul, South Korea...