DEAR READERS, this year St. Anthony has been particularly active. In particular, for the June 13 feast, three friars from the Basilica in Padua took four different relics to four different parts of...
ALMOST eight centuries after his death, Anthony of Padua has been ‘brought to life’ by a team of international forensic researchers who have reconstructed the face of our beloved saint....
WE THINK of a temple as a place of worship for Jewish or Muslim people. Anthony thought of the faithful soul as a temple, recalling 1 Corinthians 3:17: “The temple of God is holy, and you are...
DEAR FRIAR RICK: My son Peter had his first Holy Communion three years ago and, despite the fact that he attends Mass regularly every Sunday with us, he never goes to confession because he says...
SICK OR dying animals, knowing their vulnerability to predators, seclude themselves in an isolated shelter until they either recuperate or die. Sick or dying human beings, on the other hand,...
