St. Therese of the Child Jesus
St. Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face, also known as St. Therese of Lisieux or Little Flower of Jesus, was born Marie Francois-Therese Martin to a watchmaker, Louis Martin, and a lace maker, Zelie Guerin, on January 2, 1873. She was the youngest of her siblings and was born ill. The family […]
From the Writings of St. Francis of Assisi
On the Body of the Lord The Lord Jesus says to His disciples: “I am the Way, the Truth and the Life; no one comes to the Father except through Me. If you had known Me, you would know My Father as well; in a little while will know Him and see Him.” Phillip says […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: San Clemente part 1
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. Three Churches in One S. Clemente is not one church but three, constructed one above the other, resting on the remains of even […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: San Clemente part 2
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. SECRET PAGAN RITUALS Across the passageway dividing the Clementine mansion from the Roman apartment complex on the other side, still deep beneath the […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: San Clemente part 3
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. A LEGENDARY SAINT The St. Clement frescoes in the fourth-century basilica have links to the church’s first-century origins. The historical Pope St. Clement, […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: St. Pudenziana and St. Prassede part 2
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. A CHURCH FOR ALL AGES Tradition holds that Pope Pius I (c. 142–c. 155) made the Pudens residence into a small church. Seventy […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: St. Pudenziana and St. Prassede part 3
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. ST. PRASSEDE – Courage and Conversion Just as the Titulus Pudentianae marked the site of Pudens’ and Pudenziana’s early centre for clandestine Christian […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: St. Pudenziana and St. Prassede part 4
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. OTHER TREASURES St. Prassede was substantially renovated by its titular Cardinals St. Charles Borromeo (1564–84) and Ludovico Pico della Mirandola (1728–31) and contains […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: St. Maria in Trastevere part 2
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. DIVINE PROPHESIES AND A MARTYRED POPE Many Romans claim that S. Maria in Trastevere is their city’s earliest church. Legend and history confer […]
Rome’s Titular Churches: St. Maria in Trastevere part 3
Even today a visitor to the churches of Rome can step into rooms where, two millennia before our times, the first Christians professed their new faith and often awaited suffering and death. A MAGICAL SETTING The piazza of S. Maria in Trastevere is always a magical scene. As in imperial days, the square is a […]