On a recent trip to Fatima, I stopped to spend a night in the city of Obidos, Portugal. As I stood atop the walls of that medieval city, I felt almost as though I were breathing history…but not just any history. I was filling my lungs with a Catholic combative history. With … Read more
The National Museum of Ancient Art in Portugal preserves, among other valuable works, the nativity scene from the church of St. Vincent de Fora sculpted by Joaquim Machado de Castro in the eighteenth century. In our photograph, we present one detail from this nativity scene: the shepherds coming to adore the Infant … Read more
There are two ways of considering a library. One way is to see it only in terms of its material function as a place where books, magazines, documents, bookcases, and tables should be protected from humidity, fires, and thieves. These documents, magazines and books should also be efficiently organized so that they … Read more
Throughout the year, the Fatima Custodians for the pilgrim statues of Our Lady of Fatima make home visits where they ask those who attend our presentations to write down their prayer petitions to Fatima. These petitions are then personally sent to Fatima. With this in mind, on July 17, 2007, my fellow … Read more
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The Irish Society for Christian Civilization had its first summer camp for boys, July 13-19, at the beautiful Cistercian abbey of Mount Saint Joseph, Roscrea, County Tipperary. It was inspired by similar camps that have been held by TFPs in the U.S., U.K. and Brazil. When possible, boys 12-18 were accompanied by … Read more
It is natural to have expectations when traveling. I, for one, use my expectations to gauge the success of a trip. That is why when returning from a recent trip to Portugal and Spain, I began reflecting on whether it had lived up to my expectations. However, to answer this question, I … Read more
Upon returning from a trip to Portugal, I heard about the attempt to auction a consecrated host on eBay. While the thought of this is enough to raise the ire of even the lukewarm, I readily recalled another Eucharistic sacrilege and a marvelous host I had just seen near Fatima. It was … Read more
On the basis of the memoirs of Cardinal Mindszenty published in The Sunday Telegraph, I wrote last Sunday about the simultaneous moves of Paul VI and Nixon, carried out according to the imperative desire of the Communist government of Budapest, in order to uproot the glorious Prelate from Hungarian soil. I described … Read more