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St. Charles was the son of Count Gilbert Borromeo and Margaret Medici, sister of Pope Pius IV. He was born at the family castle of Arona o...

A few of the hundreds of amphoraes found in Sicily Italian divers have discovered a 2,100-year old wreck of a Roman ship off the coast of S...

The celebration of All Souls follows that of All Saints. Today thousands of people visit cemeteries to pay their last respects towards their...

As we celebrate the feast of All Saints, I introduce you today to the beautiful tapestries by John Nava in the Cathedral of Los Angeles. In ...

All Saints parade at St Francis in Bend Oregon, 2015 As we approach the feast of All Saints, I want to look back at my years in the USA and ...

We offer our prayers during these 3 days of mourning, for the victims of the train crash in Spain which happened on Wednesday October 28. Sp...

My first New York Teen Club in New Hyde Park in 1982 Oscar Wilde   (1854-1900) once said: ‘The elderly believe everything. The middle-aged s...

GM Butteri - Mary with Sts Simon and Jude Other than St Peter and St John, very little is known about the other apostles. But Jesus saw some...

A young boy was talking to his mother about his school, especially about what they did that particular day. His mother was busy preparing di...

The Rhine and the Danube have reached historic lows, affecting shipping, agriculture and ecosystems – and raising concerns about the future ...

This is the very first photo ever taken by a camera that shows a human being. Actually there are two humans doing a shoe-shine, seen on the ...

Mary inviting us to pray the Rosary with her . Gary Jansen in his book ‘One percent of your day can transform your life,’ wrote this: ‘Do y...

One of the Rosary mosaics at Ta' Pinu church, Gozo, Malta The Rosary is the biggest remedy of the world’s problems, bigger than any dipl...

We celebrate today the liturgical feast of the Man of the 20th century, Pope Saint John Paul II . He was born Karol Wojtyla on May 18th, 1...

Emilia with baby Karol, a future Pope The mother of St John Paul II was a truly remarkable woman. Emilia Kaczorowska was born in 1884 and di...

These are some interesting church statistics issued recently by the Vatican. T he total number of priests rose from 406,996 to 407,421, repr...

The North American Martyrs, also known as the Canadian Martyrs, were eight French Jesuit missionaries who worked among the Huron Indians, an...

Maturity is: The ability to stick with a job until it’s finished. The ability to do a job without being supervised. The ability to carry mon...

Stepping through the massive bronze doors of St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City has long offered the Catholic faithful a sanctuary of ...

The scene outside the school, as parents wait and pray. I never thought I would ever had to write this post. But unfortunately it happened e...

St Teresa of Avila (1515-1582) A great Carmelite mystic and nun, today we celebrate the feast of St Teresa of Avila, Doctor of the Church, a...

The entire world unites in prayer for the well-being of Pope Leo XIV as we hear that d octors removed part of his right lung during a 90-mi...