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What Saint Malachy’s Prophecy Says About the Popes

What Saint Malachy’s Prophecy Says About the Popes

Contents1 Who Was Saint Malachy2 Malachy’s Prophecy3 Prophecy About the Last Pope Saint Malachy’s Prophecy on the End of the Papacy: Between Vision and Deception, Faith and Unease In an age where the world seems to be rushing ever faster towards an uncertain future, ancient…

How a Pope is Elected: The Role of the Conclave and the Secrets of the Rite

How a Pope is Elected: The Role of the Conclave and the Secrets of the Rite

Contents1 Who Elects the Pope2 The Rules of the Conclave3 Black Smoke or White4 Habemus Papam How a Pope is Elected. History, Tradition and Mystery of an Ancient Rite: the Conclave When the papal throne becomes vacant, the Catholic Church prepares to experience one of…

What Happens When a Pope Dies: All the Stages from Death to the Election of His Successor

What Happens When a Pope Dies: All the Stages from Death to the Election of His Successor

Contents1 The Role of the Camerlengo2 The Pope’s Funeral3 Francis’ Exception: Choosing Santa Maria Maggiore4 The Conclave and the Election of the New Pope The Death of a Pope: What Really Happens Between His Passing and the Election of the Next Pontiff The death of…

Via Francigena: Among the Oldest Pilgrimage Routes

Via Francigena: Among the Oldest Pilgrimage Routes

Contents1 What is the Via Francigena2 Sigeric’s Itinerary3 Via Francigena: the stops in Italy4 Pilgrim Passport From Canterbury to Puglia stretches a road travelled for centuries by people in search of God and of themselves. This is the Via Francigena. Most of us have probably…

The Functions of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

The Functions of the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints

Contents1 The Congregation for the Causes of Saints2 What Does the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints Do?3 The Difference Between Venerable, Blessed, and Saint4 The Process of Beatification and Canonisation What is the Dicastery for the Causes of Saints, and what does it do?…

Consistory of Cardinals: What It Is and How It Works

Consistory of Cardinals: What It Is and How It Works

Contents1 What Does Consistory Mean?2 Ordinary and Extraordinary Consistories3 Who Can Be Appointed Cardinal? The Consistory is a gathering of cardinals around the Pope to make important decisions. But how has it evolved throughout history, and how does one become a cardinal? The word Consistory…

How Does One Become a Saint? Explaining the Process of Sanctification

How Does One Become a Saint? Explaining the Process of Sanctification

Contents1 What Is the Difference Between Sanctification and Beatification?2 Who Decides Sanctification?3 The Process of Sanctification The process of sanctification consists of various stages and unfolds over a long period. Here’s how one becomes a Saint. How does one become a Saint? It may seem…

The Most Famous Religious Proverbs: Between Faith and Wisdom

The Most Famous Religious Proverbs: Between Faith and Wisdom

God sees and provides: just one of the most famous religious proverbs. Let’s discover the others. Don’t look in the mouth of a horse that was a gift. A word to the wise is enough. Strike while the iron is hot. The old hen makes…

What is the Angelus Prayer?

What is the Angelus Prayer?

Contents1 The Angelus Prayer2 The Pope’s Angelus in St Peter’s Square 3 The Angelus with Pope Francis From a Marian prayer to a papal blessing, the Angelus is a moment of devotion and dialogue between the Pontiff and the faithful, renewed every Sunday. We often hear…

Mother of the Church: the feast instituted by Pope Francis

Mother of the Church: the feast instituted by Pope Francis

Contents1 How the feast of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Church, came about2 Why it falls on the Monday after Pentecost3 Prayer to Mary, Mother of the Church The Roman rite celebrates Mary, Mother of the Church, on the Monday after Pentecost. Here’s…

31 May: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

31 May: Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Contents1 Elizabeth and Mary2 When is the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary celebrated?3 Prayer for the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary The Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary commemorates a key moment in the history of Salvation. In the encounter…

The 10 Most Famous Marian Shrines in Italy 

The 10 Most Famous Marian Shrines in Italy 

Contents1 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love2 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Sorrows in Pietralba3 Sanctuary of Our Lady of the Guard in Genoa4 Sanctuary of the Blessed Virgin of the Rosary in Pompeii5 Sanctuary of Our Lady of Saint Luke6 Basilica of the…

Ice Saints: The Phenomenon That Brings Winter into Spring

Ice Saints: The Phenomenon That Brings Winter into Spring

Contents1 Saint Mamertus2 Saint Pancras3 Saint Servatius4 Saint Boniface of Tarsus5 Saint Sophia of Rome Who are the Ice Saints, who in the heart of spring return us, for a few days, to the depths of winter? Halfway between peasant tradition and devotion, here’s what…

Our Lady of Divine Love and Her Sanctuary 

Our Lady of Divine Love and Her Sanctuary 

Contents1  The Sanctuary of Divine Love in Rome2  Pilgrimage to Divine Love3  The Image of Our Lady of Divine Love and Her Miracles A place of miracles and a destination for pilgrims, the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Divine Love is one of the most…

The Major Divisions in the Christian Religion

The Major Divisions in the Christian Religion

Contents1 Catholicism2 Orthodoxy3 Protestantism The Christian religion is actually made up of many religious denominations, similar in some aspects, profoundly different in others. Let’s take a look at them. The Christian religion is one of the most widespread monotheistic religions in the world. We all…

The Most Beautiful Quotes on Peace by Pope Francis 

The Most Beautiful Quotes on Peace by Pope Francis 

Contents1 Quotes on Peace by Pope Francis2 The Words of Pope Francis on the War in Ukraine3 Prayer of Pope Francis for Peace In this particular and dramatic historical moment, Pope Francis’ quotes on peace represent a beacon of hope for all of Christianity. Never…

The Story of Saint Gemma Galgani, the Saint of Lucca

The Story of Saint Gemma Galgani, the Saint of Lucca

Contents1 The Diary of Saint Gemma Galgani2 The Sanctuary Dedicated to Saint Gemma Galgani3 Prayers to Saint Gemma Galgani Saint Gemma Galgani was a mystic and seer from Lucca who died very young. Closely associated with the Passionist movement, she never entered a monastery, but…

The miracles of Jesus in the four Gospels

The miracles of Jesus in the four Gospels

Contents1 The miracles of Jesus shared by all four Gospels2 The multiplication of loaves and fishes3 The resurrections: Lazarus and the daughter of Jairus4 Healings and exorcisms The miracles of Jesus mentioned in the Canonical Gospels are considered historical events, although told from a theological…