On February 3 of this year, the Holy See’s Dicastery for the Doctrine of the Faith (DDF) came out with Gestis Verbisque (“[With] Actions and Words”), a “Note” concerning the requisites for sacramental validity. To put it colloquially, its subject … Continue reading
Category: Sacramentals and Relics
The Grail in Summer
Memorial Day begins the American civil Summer; the Fourth of July marks its apex, and it ends on Labour Day (of course, the first Halloween decorations shall have started to appear in the stores the last week in July). Enjoyable … Continue reading
Combat Rosary, a Man’s Rosary
I was given one of these rosaries by a priest friend. In addition to the article below you may want to go to a Mancipia column by our 3rd order prefect from our May/June issue page 8 which features this … Continue reading
Notre Dame: Fire Chaplain Saves Blessed Sacrament, Helps Rescue Relics and Crown of Thorns
Excuse the posting from CBSNews for its reference to the Blessed Sacrament as “symbol” of the Body of Christ. CBSNews; Paris’s Deputy Mayor for Tourism and Sports, Jean-Francois Martins told “CBS This Morning” on Tuesday that he and others on … Continue reading
The Footprints of Jesus?
When I was in Rome in 1974 I visited the church Quo Vadis. I kissed what I thought were the actual footprints of Our Lord. They were not. They were replicas of the original relic that is kept in the … Continue reading
Rosary Pamphlet You Can Print
Our Sisters authored a pamphlet on the Holy Rosary that we have been giving out for many years now. It was recently suggested by a grateful recipient of the pamphlet that we make it available on our web site. Hence … Continue reading
Slab Upon Which Christ’s Dead Body Was Laid Has Been Unearthed
CNA: Have you ever wondered what the tomb of Jesus Christ looks like? National Geographic recently detailed the “moment of revelation” at the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, which exposed the rock slab on which Christ’s body is held … Continue reading
Catholic Action League Rebukes Emily Rooney for Defaming Saint Padre Pio
The Catholic Action League of Massachusetts today criticized public television host Emily Rooney for claiming that Padre Pio—Catholicism’s most popular modern saint—was “a charlatan.” Rooney, a former network television producer, moderates a weekly, half-hour discussion program, Beat the Press, where she and four panelists, … Continue reading
World’s Fastest Man Wears Miraculous Medal
Epic Pew: On the evening of Sunday, August 14, 2016, famed Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt won gold in a characteristically dynamic and seemingly effortless 100-meter performance at his third consecutive Olympics, this time in Rio de Janeiro, making him the first … Continue reading
Priest Touches Scapular of Dead Man and He Comes Back to Life
National Catholic Register, Joseph Pronechen: How would you react if you saw a dead man suddenly come back to life? Father John Higgins can tell you about his reaction. He was a main part of the story. Father Higgins is … Continue reading
All About the Medal or Cross of St. Benedict
Abbot Dom Gueranger authored a book, The Medal or Cross of Saint Benedict, in which he affirms that the Medal is the most ancient of the Church’s sacramentals, having been approved in the eleventh century by Pope Saint Leo IX. … Continue reading
Study Finds That the Shroud and the Sudarium Covered the Same Man
Aleteia: The study thus supports what tradition has held for more than two millennia: that the two cloths came from the same historical person, who, according to this tradition, was Jesus of Nazareth. The Shroud of Turin would have been the … Continue reading
Relic of Christ’s Tunic Displayed in France
Catholic Culture: The Holy Tunic of Christ, a relic venerated in Argenteuil, France, since the Middle Ages, has been displayed for the veneration of the faithful at the Basilica of Saint Denys. Read more here.