Tag: Christianity

Kuremäe, Estonia, November 1, 2024 Photo: pravoslavie.ru      Abbess of the Pükhtitsa Dormition Convent in Estonia, Mother Philareta (Kalacheva), has written an address to Minister… Read More

Lately I’ve read two books by St. John Henry Newman. One is Newman’s first novel, “Loss and Gain,” while the other is that classic “history… Read More

Berlin, November 1, 2024 Photo: Telegram The Diocese of Germany of the Russian Orthodox Church Outside of Russia is calling for increased prayers for the… Read More

Photo: Pinterest      St. Luke’s Gospel gives us the account of the Rich Man and Lazarus (Luke 16: 19 – 31).  We learn that the rich… Read More

The Venerable Confessor Gabriel (Urgebadze)      A few years ago, I had a difficult legal case, in which Father St. Gabriel (Urgebadze) “>Gabriel (Urgebadze) helped… Read More

They might exist, but I cannot think of a recent or vintage sci-fi movie where religion matters. I do not count the neo-gnostic pagan mysticism… Read More

With three knocks on the door of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross just after 1:30 p.m. on Oct. 31, Archbishop Richard Henning began his… Read More

As the Vatican released its first annual report on safeguarding minors Oct. 29, officials in Africa highlighted some of the cultural practices hampering child protection… Read More

ROME — At the big picture level, the story of the 2024 Synod of Bishops on Synodality is harmony. Despite quasi-apocalyptic forecasts of chaos and… Read More

When I told a lapsed friend several years ago that I’d published a book about St. Thérèse of Lisieux, she rather pointedly inquired, “But you… Read More