PHOTOS OF ROME by Anthony Lombardi
Church of Sant’Ivo alla Sapienza Madonna della Pietà by Michelangelo Buonarroti, plaster cast
June 2024
GOD AND THE MACHINE, by Adam Pywowarczuk
Brother Isidore quickly shot to attention upon hearing the harsh beeping of his alarm. Gingerly throwing off his bedsheets, he twisted his body and once again began to climb out…
MEMORIES OF WORLD YOUTH DAY, LISBOA, 2023 by Anthony Lombardi
“Non tener miedo!” “Be not afraid!” This was an outstanding message from Pope Francis concluding the World Youth Day (WYD) festival on August 9, 2023, in Lisbon’s Parque de Tejo.…
LEAFLESS NOT LIFELESS by Father Immanuel Isidore Umanah
Because she was leafless, the patient sun seemed useless. She had no chloroplast to photosynthesise such kindness, except the naked branches – that could not even house a hummingbird –…
FAITH AS LOVE’S CATALYST by Thomas Latendresse
“St Kevin and the Blackbird” by Seamus Heaney And then there was St Kevin and the blackbird. The saint is kneeling, arms stretched out, inside His cell, but the cell…
THE REVENANT by M.S
And you staggered on as the Urchin Guard, not indestructible but divisible, ghastly-golden pale, wreaking havoc in the heart of the cruel immovable Emperor who would not be betrayed, who…
A PRIEST’S PLEDGE by Father Emmanuel Isidore Umanah
I want to be a priest Because He wants me one, But I know I’m the least Among those He has won. I want to be a priest Where it’s…
THE OBLATE BY HUYSMANS, AN ARTIST BETWEEN BEAUTY AND DECADENCE by Capucine Tosi
Portrait of Joris-Karl Huysmans by Jean-François Raffaëlli Among the great literary converts of the last century’s Catholic revival, Joris Karl Huysmans is a crucial French figure. Overtaken by seasonal blues,…