Jesus's genealogy and colourful ancestors

Hat tip to Apostolate of the Laity for spotting this interesting video.

If the Three Kings were on Twitter...

Mulier Fortis: Another Neat Christmas Video...

Mulier Fortis: Another Neat Christmas Video...

If the Holy Family were using facebook...

Elizabeth comments that her baby John leaps in her womb when Our Lady, pregnant with Jesus, approaches her. The future John the Baptist...

Poignant video that may touch the coldest of hearts

Hat tip to Robert Colquhoun . I first saw this video on Robert’s ground-breaking blog, Love Undefiled.

Affectionate, warm Padre Pio

A penitent recounted that; “Padre Pio often, stopped in the sacristy greeting his spiritual children and friends by kissing them. I looked...

ECHR rules: ‘Ireland must enact abortion laws.’ Ireland treated like a badly behaved nation of stupid children who need their laws decided for them.

The ECHR unanimously ruled this morning that the rights of one of three women who took a case challenging Ireland’s abortion laws were bre...

Baby Jesus was seen to appear in Padre Pio's arms. Padre Pio and Christmas Part Four

Padre Pio had a profound humility; he was blessed with extraordinary spiritual gifts, but he always, always considered himself the least of ...

Why was Padre Pio thought to be 'in ecstasy' during Christmas time? Part Three

Padre Pio was advised to become a confessor, instead of a preacher. On account of his ailing health, preaching would have been too tiring ...

Why was Padre Pio thought to be 'in ecstasy' during Christmas time? Part Two

Padre Pio's great love for the crib started when he is a child.  Padre Pio practised this great devotion to the crib, which is so rem...

Next Thursday might just mark the most dismal day in Irish history

What if only the top of Ireland, representing the North of Ireland is left green after next Thursday? For all the wrong reasons, next Thur...

Why was Padre Pio thought to be 'in ecstasy' during Christmas time? Part One

Fr. Ignazio da Ielsi, the guardian of the convent at San Giovanni Rotondo from 1922 to 1925, when Padre Pio was still young and had just r...

Padre Pio: Baby Jesus 'is satisfied with humble and poor adorers'

Refused lodging among men, he seeks refuge and comfort among mere animals, choosing their habitation as the place of his birth, allowing the...

Padre Pio: the Infant Jesus’ newborn cries were ‘the first ransom for our redemption’

Far into the night, at the coldest time of the year, in a chilly grotto, more suitable for a flock of beasts than for humans, the promised...

The Little Flower and James Joyce - what do they have in common?

I was rather hoping that the Little Flower's writing style would be more that of Jane Austen, but when I put this section from The Sto...

Cardinal Ratzinger, attempted reforms to Canon Law that would have forced local bishops to observe proper juridical procedures against priests accused of abuse

This picture is the work of Anthony Corner. In 1988 Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, then-head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office, attempted to b...

The You-Tube Way to Meditating on the Rosary

Today, is a First Saturday, and I find that the other conditions may be met with relative ease. I, however, find that the most difficult st...

Halleluja Chorus - so much better than jingle bells ad infinitum!

Can you imagine if something similar happened in those food courts/restaurants upstairs in Victoria Station? We'd probably have to negot...

Pope Benedict: The Vatican addressed Maciel scandal ‘slowly and late’ and Maciel ‘remains a mysterious figure.’

From the Regnum Christi website : Peter Seewald: The Church was shaken also by revelations about the double life of Marcial Maciel Degollado...

Extremely Rare Footage of St. Pio. I never wanted this You-Tube video to end.

Hat-Tip to Mark for telling me about this video. You can access Mark's excellent blog here .

Alphonse Ratisbonne and the Miraculous Medal. Part Two

See Part One for the beginning of the story on how Our Lady appeared to Alphonse in St. Andrew’s Church in Rome. The baron, having made t...

Alphonse Ratisbonne and the Miraculous Medal. A ‘test’ that changed his life. Part One

1842. A young French Jew, Alphonse Ratisbonne, was due to get married, but spent some time travelling on the continent. When he arrived in R...

Finding Love on the Internet. "When I saw her on my webcam, I fell for her…"

"When I saw her on my webcam, I fell for her…"

Padre Pio and the Irish Part Two

Padre Pio statue in Mamore Gap, Donegal, Ireland. In June 2002, this life-size statue of Padre Pio was erected and blessed in the Gap of Mam...