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An article originally published in Crisis, reprinted at Holy Spirit Interactive, explaining corporal mortifications as a spiritual practice: But let’s go even further. It’s clear that simply being a good person requires some kind of mortification. If a man doesn’t control his anger or resentment, he’ll be impossible to live with, and may even end…

A prayer center opens: The person of Padre Pio, the saint of Pietrelcina, is becoming ever closer to the heart of Lebanese Christians and Muslims. Devotion for this “foreign” saint was celebrated yesterday, Padre Pio’s feast day according to the liturgical calendar, with the inauguration of a “centre for prayer and meditation” in the city…

We had a little bit of discussion of the din in St. Peter’s in Rome, a few months back, occasioned by my dad’s Roman holiday and his reflections on the matter. Here’s an interesting note on a new policy: In Italy, the "tramontana" is the brisk wind that blows away the lazy days of summer…

That Exorcists’ convention that was the butt of jokey commentary? Here’s some reporting from the meeting. In statements to the Italian newspaper Avvenire, Father Giancarlo Gramolazzo, president of the International Association of Exorcists, said: "There is much disinformation today on the role of the exorcist; sadly, the media shows this figure as something other than…
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