John Rhys-Davies on St. Patrick and the Catholic faith
John Rhys-Davies relates to Aleteia his personal admiration for the saint who brought Christianity to Ireland.
John Rhys-Davies relates to Aleteia his personal admiration for the saint who brought Christianity to Ireland.
In an age of moral confusion, there are those who would suggest that the word "not" has been interpolated in several of the Commandments.
The Vatican's "L'Osservatore Romano" has published a document by the bishops of Malta to the priests of their diocese, approving Holy Communion for divorced and remarried Catholics sans annulment.
It was officially the Jubilee of Mercy, with its attendant graces. But 2016 was more the "Year of Amoris Laetitia" (The Joy of Love).
We do not need Einstein to tell us that time is variable, or can "bend."
Painting landscapes in the classical academies was done indoors, to "improve upon nature" the way formal gardens arrange flowers according to geometry.
Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, in her writings, mentions the word "mercy" some seventy-five times.
"Rome." Gentle reader must imagine this syllable pronounced in a sustained, Gaelic way, as if the vowel sound would go on forever. His eyes, too, could be rolling slightly.
Two Catholic teachers with a devotion to Eucharistic adoration have introduced young children to the Real Presence of Christ with heart-warming responses.
Our faith is based, not on abstract speculation, but on historical events.