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Unexpected 19th Century Catholic Revival
Between 1850 and 1900, the Catholic Church revitalized itself through medieval devotion, new technologies, and education, strengthening its influence despite…
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Noli Me Tangere
This painting by Titian is at the National Gallery in London. On Easter morning the Risen Christ appears to St.…
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The Veil of Saint Veronica
Reflection on the vivid depiction of Christ’s Holy Face by engraver Claude Mellan (1649)
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God Tangled: Christ’s Crowning with Thorns
As a Lenten meditation Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP explains how the thorns of the crown prophetically stem from the…
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Book Club: Vermeer’s Angel
Armand de Malleray’s stunning prose draws the reader into a world of intrigue and uncertainty where nothing is quite as…
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Ivan Merz and the Liturgy as the Highest Form of Art
Seminarian Stjepan Androić, FSSP describes the life and work of his fellow-Croatian Blessed Ivan Merz (1896–1928) Philologist, teacher, literary critic,…
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Book Club: The Catholic Doctrine of the Angels
A short enough book, World Invisible, The Catholic Doctrine of the Angels by Fr John Saward provides a timely synthesis of…
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Good News: Truth Can Be Known
As dusk was arising on an unusually gloomy spring morning in Palestine, the Roman Governor Pontius Pilate proposed the question,…
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Life as an Advent calendar
Perhaps not all Catholics realise that another year has passed and that a new one begins throughout the created world.…
