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
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Novena for the Conclave to elect a new Pope
Before there was anything, there was nothing, but God. Then, God spoke and there was everything, created by God and created in God. The only thing He did not create was sin and its offspring death. These came from his angelic and human creatures, Satan and Adam. So, God entered...
