Padre Pio and the British Royal Family

During the evening of January 20th, 1936, Padre Pio received visitors in his cell. The visitors were Dr Guglielmo Sanguinetti, and two other...

Largest picture ever of JPII adorns St Peter's Square

Hat-tip to The Catholic Herald website where I spotted this video.

We will hear the nun who was cured through the intercession of JPII speak at the beatification

"There's a hair in my mousse..."

Duck's off! But Fawlty Towers is back on the menu!

The reactions that I got when I told people that abstaining from Fawlty Towers was part of my Lenten penance were varied: "that's...

Let's begin Eastertide with a rendition of Regina Coeli

'Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews': Written on the 'Titulus Crucis'

To number drop by drop Thy blood's slow loss...

Am I a stone, and not a sheep,      That I can stand, O Christ, beneath Thy cross, To number drop by drop Thy blood's slow loss, And ye...

A hiatus...

I wish every reader and anyone who stumbles on this blog a lovely, peaceful Holy Week and Happy Easter. About to jump on a plane, and go to ...

Want to view JP II's Beatification on your phone?

This is a new Catholic phone App, that brings you Catholic TV & Radio on your phone.Here is a link for this.

The white smoke and his first words: Sixth anniversary of Benedict XVI's election

I had goosepimples watching the footage of John Paul II - I'll be in Rome for his beatification. Twitch-of-the-mantilla to The Catholic ...

When people ask me what Pope Benedict has accomplished...

Forgive this re-posting from the time when we were in preparation for the Pope's visit.

The Crucified Rabbi: Judaism and the Origins of Catholic Christianity by Taylor Marshall

This book looks fascinating! The book's author Taylor Marshall is ecstatic that he is invited to the Vatican blogfest. I just added hi...

'Fools! For I also had my hour'

Fools! For I also had my hour;     One far fierce hour and sweet: There was a shout about my ears,     And palms before my feet GK Chest...

The London Oratory on Palm Sunday

This photo taken today at The London Oratory was nicked from New Liturgical Movement website .  It is a magnificent grace to be able to atte...

'Bless me father, for I have sinned...'

A grade school chaplain once heard the confessions of eight-year old pupils. Many of the boys had very minor and almost inconsequential mi...

Pope Benedict speeding in a limo...

After getting all of Pope Benedict's luggage loaded into the limo (and he doesn't travel lightly), the limo driver notices that the...

"It helps faithful Catholics to become devastatingly effective..."

Twitch of the mantilla to Fr Tim 'his hermaneuticalness'.

Padre Pio, the saint who still loves irises and roses

In the previous post , it was described how Padre Pio appeared to a little boy and told him that he likes purple irises and roses. It's ...

11 month old diagnosed with two debilitating diseases, and healed through the intercession of Padre Pio

The fact that the little miracle child was told by Padre Pio that he did not like the death mask placed over his face when his body was bein...

A Sublime Meditation on Passiontide

Passiontide. Today begins the fortnight of immediate preparation for Easter, which in the third century, included a twelve days' fas...

Keeping The Ten Commandments on Sunday...

Punishing the car, Basil Fawlty style...

Enjoy on a pleasant Sunday afternoon...

Bloggers! The Vatican would like to see your site!

I have requested an invite to the meeting for bloggers, and am praying to get a place. Heaven is being stormed today - a rosary, candles wi...

"What do you get for living in a climate like this? Green stamps?"

Today in London there are endless drizzles of rain, it's coming down like a punishment. The ceiling over London is gloomy dark clouds. P...

The right patron saint of the internet?

Happy Feast of St Isidor (bishop)! Not to be confused with St Isidore the Farmer .

Fulton Sheen: 'Spectators on and about the Cross'

A meditation that's very helpful; this time of year as we move closer towards the cross.

Bishop Sheen on Blessed John XXIII

Pope John XXIII is in the news again this week because it has come to light that he was given inaccurate info on Padre Pio. Here Fulton S...

Wanted: Amazing, Unsung Catholics

Do you know any unknown Catholics – lay or religious – who are doing fantastic work? The focus of this research is to get to know and then t...

Abby Johnson's ad for TV: "My superiors actually instructed me to increase the numbers of abortions at my facility"

“98 percent of [Planned Parenthood’s] services to pregnant women are abortions.” The statistics quoted come from Planned Parenthood's An...

Pope John XXIII was deliberately given false information on Padre Pio

'...which led the Pope to have a negative opinion and reservations about Padre Pio. This changed radically when the Archbishop of Manfre...

'one of the greatest injustices history has ever known...'

The start is a trifle off-putting, and one might switch off for fear of seeing grisly abortion footage, when in fact the video only deftly a...

Catholic Chaplain, Fr Zabelka, of the bomb group that dropped 2 A-bombs on Japan in WWII, repented of his involvement

As demonstrated here and more powerfully still here , the recent natural catastrophes in Japan reawaken thoughts of the man created disaste...

Earthquake and tsunami photos mirror the devastation of Hiroshima and Nagasaki

Hiroshima: A fire engine in ruins symbolises the sheer inadequacy of the resources that the Japanese people had for quenching the atomic rag...