Several years ago, I attended one of the wonderful IHM Catholic Homeschooling conferences in northern New Jersey. At that event, I was priv...

The martyrdom of Saints Nazarius and Celsus from the early 11th century Menologion of Basil II. July 28 is the feast day of two fairly obscu...

Posting links to some of these articles here for future reference lest they go down the great internet memory hole. At least we will know th...

“In virtue of Our Apostolic authority, We grant and concede in perpetuity that,  for the chanting or reading of the Mass in any church whats...

Fresco of from the catacombs of St. Callixtus showing, left to right, the martyrs St. Polycamus, St. Sebastian, and St. Quirinus. Click to e...

Click here to share on Facebook. Recall, Christians, what Sacred Scripture declareth:  "Pride goeth before destruction: and the spirit...

A gold solidus of Diocletian (left) and a bronze follis of Galerius (right) Late Antiquity is full of epoch-making, history-changing events,...

A fanciful modern engraving of the Library of Alexandria aflame. It is a common theme these days to hear folks opine about how the glories o...

Mosaic of Saint Vitalis (left) being offered the crown of martyrdom by Christ (right) with an angel (center) from the apse of the Church of ...

  "The baby has known the dragon intimately since he had an imagination. What the fairy tale provides for him is a Saint George to kill...

A fanciful portrait of Pope Pelagius I based on the roundel portrait in the Basilica of Saint Paul Outside the Walls, Rome. In the year of o...