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At first glance, El juego de la oca (The Game of the Goose) seems like a simple pastime: players roll dice, move pieces along 63 numbered squares, and hope to land on those marked with geese, which bring good fortune and faster progress. Yet some historians and folklorists suggest that beneath this familiar format lies Read More…

The (alleged) pilgrim origins of the Game of the Goose

Malta’s Christian heritage is as ancient as that of Jerusalem, Ephesus, Corinth, and Rome. It was onto these shores, in AD 60, that a shipwreck brought St. Paul, changing the course of history for the archipelago. His arrival not only introduced the faith but established an unbroken Christian tradition that has endured for  two millennia. Read More…

Malta’s Jubilee mission: A pilgrimage through Christian history

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During his pontificate, Pope Francis always liked to highlight the “saints next door,” referring to the universal call to holiness and the reality that holy men and women are around us, even though the majority will never be canonized. It can be tempting sometimes to think that only priests and religious from faraway countries and Read More…

Did you celebrate your local saints this year?

A violent assault on a Church-run hospital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo has left around 20 civilians dead and an entire nation in mourning. The attack, carried out late Friday night in the village of Byambwe in North Kivu, targeted a health center managed by the Little Sisters of the Presentation. Patients who were Read More…

Church hospital attack shocks the Democratic Republic of Congo

I was in my 40s before I completed a novena — nine days of prayer for an intention. I started many, and would invariably wind up forgetting after day one, doing several prayers to catch up on day five, then forget again. It was only when I had unforgettably urgent things to pray for that Read More…

9 Reasons to pray a Novena

Pope Leo XVI acknowledged this November 16 how much bad news we are constantly hearing, and noted that Jesus’ advice in this regard is timely: “When you hear of wars and revolutions,” he says, “do not be terrified.” Jesus’ words proclaim that the aggression of evil cannot destroy the hope of those who trust in Read More…

Jesus’ advice on bad news “very timely,” says Pope

“God wants peace among all of his children,” Pope Leo said as he appealed for the protection of Christians who are persecuted. This week around the world, many cities mark “Red Week,” with churches and other notable buildings being lit in red as a reminder of the scourge of Christian persecution. As I said a Read More…

Pope mentions countries with worst Christian persecution

In the spirit of the French revolt against God, liberal Catholics join the secular outrage against the new docu-drama, "Sacré Coeur."