The Assumption Today, August 15, is the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary into Heaven. On this day, the universal Church cel...

The Virgin Enthroned c. 1120 Fresco Maria zur Höhe, Soest, Germany This past Tuesday (December 8) was the Solemnity of the Immacula...

Today, December 12, is the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Many people do not know anything about this historical event, even though it ...

Madonna and Child with Angels Duccio di Buoninsegna (1300-1305) Last night Professor Lawrence Feingold ( Institute for Pastoral Theolog...

Retractiones (a Protestant scholar sympathetic to Catholicism) has an interesting article ( here ) responding to Michael Spencer's (aka...

" The Coronation of the Virgin " Diego Rodriguez de Silva Velázquez 1599-1660 We sometimes forget how much Satan hates Mary. ...

In the liturgical calendar, today is the feast day of the Annunciation of the Lord (Luke 1:26-38), when the angel Gabriel delivered the ...

There are many stumbling blocks to unity. Here I will mention two. One is a deep distrust of the early church fathers. I have discussed it b...

I wish to continue preparing for the Octave of Church Unity here by reflecting on Mary. At the third Ecumenical Council, in Ephesus in 431,...