Feast date: Oct 29 Helen Kafka was born in 1894 to a shoemaker and grew up in Vienna, Austria. At the age of 20, she decided to join the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity and took the name Restituta after an early Church martyr. In 1919, she began working as a surgical nurse in Austria. When the … Read more
Petition Prayer of Protection to Our Lady of Perpetual Help O Blessed Mother of Perpetual Help,you whose loving gaze never turns away from your children,I come before you with a humble heart,seeking your powerful intercession and maternal protection. Cover me, O Mother, with your mantle of mercy;shield me from all harm, danger, and evil snares.Dispel … Read more
Editor’s note: join the Fellowship of St. Nicholas (in English or Español) to join traditional Catholics around the world striving to fast according to the traditional norms of our forefathers. In the first part of this essay on the Russian Trads we learned the basics of their self-identity. Now let’s move on to the more … Read more
For Catholics, the new Liturgical Year commences with the First Sunday of Advent, opening the Advent season. In this new Liturgical Year, the Church not only wishes to indicate the beginning of a period, but the beginning of a renewed commitment to the faith by all those who follow Christ, the Lord. This time of … Read more
St. Andrew, Apostle Feast date: Nov 30 On Nov. 30, Catholics worldwide celebrate the feast of St. Andrew, apostle and martyr. A fisherman from Bethsaida and brother of Simon Peter, St. Andrew is said to have spread Christianity in Russia and Asia minor after Pentecost in the first century. He was crucified by the Romans in … Read more
Pope Leo XIV talks to reporters during his flight to Lebanon on Nov. 30, 2025. / Credit: Elias Turk/EWTN News Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 30, 2025 / 10:15 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV said Sunday that he discussed both the Gaza war and the conflict in Ukraine directly with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, saying that … Read more
Pope Leo XIV speaks at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, Lebanon, on November 30, 2025. / Screenshot: Vatican Media Beirut, Lebanon, Nov 30, 2025 / 11:20 am (CNA). Pope Leo XIV urged Lebanon’s leaders to embrace tenacity, dialogue, and a renewed commitment to the common good during an address at the Presidential Palace in Baabda … Read more