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  “I have prayed for you [Simon] that your own faith may not fail;  and you, when once you have turned back, strengthen your brothers.” (Lk ...

The best biblical artist you never heard of, Andrei Nikolaevich Mironov was born in 1975 (the same year I entered the convent!), but only st...

  “This well is deep. Where do you intend to get this flowing water?” (John 4:11). In his painting,  Insight , German priest-artist Sieger K...

Sunset on the Mediterranean; view from Ariccia. Greetings from the Eternal City! I arrived here on September 2 to serve as a translator for ...

The vote in favor of New York state's assisted suicide bill had me digging up a short talk I offered at an archdiocesan gathering of di...

For those who attend my presentations on Devotion to the Sacred Heart and would like to delve a bit more into the resources I used, here is ...

Screenshot of the official photo We started the Easter Season on the last day of Pope Francis' earthly life, and now at the beginning of...

In my previous two posts, I wrote about two core influences on the way Pope Francis, starting early in his ministry as a Jesuit leader, saw ...