That Sunday the Gospel reading ended with this pearl: “If you, who are evil, give good things to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven not give the Holy Spirit to those who [...]
It was after the news, prime time television, and a Portuguese actress threw this enormity in her boyfriend’s face, as if to say nothing: “It’s none of your business whether or [...]
The news came in a daily newspaper and made me laugh. The “21st century Rosary” was born in Poland: it is shaped like a credit card with small drawings of Our Lady and John Paul II. [...]
William Osler was one of the most brilliant physicians of his generation (1849-1919) and his life story fills two thick volumes. He was travelling on an ocean liner and noticed that, at certain [...]
John Paul II has a poem entitled “The Goldsmith’s Shop”. A woman abandoned by her husband decided to sell her wedding ring. The goldsmith weighed it and, fixing his eyes on the [...]
Let us toast to the United Nations, which had the happy idea of proclaiming the “years” of the mountains, of water, of forests? And let us salute Saint Francis, prince of ecologists, [...]
A friend of mine, who’s lost for coffee and can’t even smell it, asks for “a bastard” when he goes to the corner bar. He’s referring to the miserable [...]
That Sunday the Gospel reading closed with this golden clasp: “If you, who are naughty, give good things to your children, how much more will the Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to [...]
This was in Switzerland, but it could have been in Portugal or anywhere else. An old woman went into a self-service restaurant, ordered a bowl of broth, paid and sat down at one of the free [...]
I think that, in the World and in the Church today, many people -and I, a sinner, too- live in heresy. That’s right: vital heresy. This expression was used, quite a few years ago, by Igor [...]
