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Edith Stein, a child of Israel, a martyr for her people
A study on Edith Stein’s life. Born in the Jewish religion, a philosopher thirsting for truth, she became a Catholic, entered the Carmel, and offered herself as a victim of expiation for the salvation of her people. She she died in a concentration camp on August 9, 1942.
The mission of Saint Michael
Let us glance through Sacred History up to our days and see the extent to which the head of angels has taken an interest in the struggles of France and of the Church. Perhaps we will find in it more reasons to pray and invoke him along with Mary in this Apocalyptic combat that we are living through today.
Saint Joseph, our Great Protector
« The humble Joseph is little known », complained Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Three centuries later, we are still deploring the same ignorance and indifference towards him. Let us hear the lesson that saint Joseph tries to infuse in our souls, and in the whole Church.
11. Lost in the Hoggar (1904-1908)
During a “ Domestication Tour” in the Hoggar with Captain Dinaux. Father de Foucauld insisted that he be left at Tamanrasset among the Tuareg populations, the poorest in the world.
16. “Set Apart for the Gospel”
Presentation of the true spirit of Father de Foucauld and his spiritual advancement, which recapitulates the main stages of the life of Our Lord, thus presenting a marvellous illustration of the Gospel.
2. A French land (1830-1916)
France was preparing to subjugate the whole North African coast to her civilising law « in the name of the most Christian King Charles X, the Victorious » when it was learned with astonishment and consternation at Algiers on August 10, 1830 that the throne of this King had been overthrown and that the Tricouleur had replaced the White Banner. [...]
The Immaculate Conception and the Divine Sophia
Fathers of the Church, theologians and poets have vied with one another to acclaim in Mary the perfect ideal of the Wisdom of God. The 19th century Russian philosopher, Soloviev, contemplates the Wisdom of God at work in history, creating a mysterious harmony that he calls Sophia, Virgin, Spouse and Mother, the Immaculate Conception.
Infallible ? The precedent set by Saint Philomena.
In 1961, Pope John XXIII struck the feast of St. Philomena, from the calendar, refused to include her in the martyrology, and did away with her proper Office and Mass. To admit that Blessed Pius IX erred in establishing the cult of St. Philomena amounts to recognising that the cause of saints is not covered by infallibility.
1. Heteropraxy : Religious Liberty
It is your task here to proclaim the basic rights and duties of man, his dignity and liberty, and above all his religious liberty. We are conscious that you are the interpreters of all that is paramount in human wisdom.
2. Your wide-ranging complicity with heresy
For the simple faithful it remains incomprehensible that Your Holiness should, on the one hand, frequently and with every appearance of firmness, reiterate the Catholic Faith, and on the other, allow free rein to all the possible and imaginable heresies without ever taking firm steps against those who conceive and propagate these...