If something new eventually gets old, then it’s not the sort of new thing which is proper to God. Anything new God does or creates will remain new forever. From our side, we can get used to the new things God does. We can start thinking of them as old....
Pope Leo’s first words were those of the Risen Christ: Peace be with you! And at Mass with the cardinals the next day, he said: “Jesus showed us a model of human holiness that we can all imitate, together with the promise of an eternal destiny that transcends all our...
The Bishops’ Conference of Scotland welcomes the election of Cardinal Robert Francis Prevost, Cardinal Prefect of the Dicastery for Bishops, as Pope Leo XIV. It asks all Catholics in Scotland to pray for the new Pope as he begins his ministry. During his short address to the faithful from the...
“Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?” With this question, Jesus expresses the deepest want of every human heart, including His own which was also divine. We all want love, even God, especially God. What is life worth without love? Without love, life is a living...
The following notes contain material partly produced by their author and partly taken from miscellaneous articles on the internet. Giovanni di Pietro di Bernardone (c. 1181 – 3 October 1226), known as Francis of Assisi, was an Italian mystic, poet and Catholic friar who founded the religious order of the...
What follows is an excerpt from the document of Vatican II called “Gaudium et Spes” on the Church in the Modern World. It is Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the document and is appropriate reading for the feast of St. Joseph the Worker: CHAPTER III MAN’S ACTIVITY THROUGHOUT...
Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 3
As might be expected, the commentaries and analysis concerning Pope Francis himself and his pontificate have been being churned out fast and furious in recent days, almost before the wax seal on his coffin has had a chance to dry. I used to think that experts were rare, but in...
The Last Modern Pope
Letters from Rome 2025—The Papal Interregnum No. 2
