WHEN POPE Benedict XVI addressed the United Nations in New York on April 18, it was a significant, but not unexpected event. To the contrary, it is now expected that the universal pastor of the...
HOW DID Saint Anthony come to write the great series of Commentaries on the Sunday Gospels that we now know as his ‘Sermons’? We know, of course, that he began his career as an...
A CITATION from King James I (see end of article ) clearly reveals that as far back as the early 17th century smoking was considered to be an unhealthy and unwise activity. With the passing of...
“HELL REALLY exists and is eternal, even if nobody talks about it much any more.” With these words Pope Benedict XVI addressed a parish gathering in a northern suburb of Rome in March of...
style=width:203px;height:300px;float:right;" >A MAN WHO suffered a very troubled youth and whose guidance counsellor labelled him “most likely not to succeed,” founded a highly...
I AM STANDING on the edge of the land, on a huge dome of rock, yellow with lichen, called Lizard Point, looking out over the sunny sea, which is lilac and full of high surf. Behind me is all Cornwall...