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Mike Aquilina

Mike Aquilina is the author of many books. Visit fathersofthechurch.com.

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Archbishop José H. Gomez celebrates Mass March 20 at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels. The Mass was livestreamed online via the archdiocesan web and social media channels. (Tamara Long-García)

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The secret to understanding spiritual communion in a time of video Masses

Mike Aquilina|Mar 21, 2020|5 Min Read

"The Glory of Heaven," by Giovanni da San Giovanni in Rome's Basilica di Santi Quattro Coronati, 1630. (Shutterstock)

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Four last things: A Lenten reflection on Heaven

Mike Aquilina|Mar 19, 2020|7 Min Read

Buonamico Buffalmacco’s "Triumph of Death," painted between 1336 and 1340. (Wikimedia Commons)

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How plagues and providence helped the early Church grow

Mike Aquilina|Mar 17, 2020|2 Min Read

"The Tempest of Hell," from Gustave Doré's 1857 illustrations of Dante's "Inferno." (Wikimedia Commons)

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Four last things: A Lenten reflection on hell

Mike Aquilina|Mar 11, 2020|7 Min Read

Viktor Vasnetsov's "The Last Judgment," 1904. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Four last things: A Lenten reflection on judgment

Mike Aquilina|Mar 4, 2020|7 Min Read

The casket of Cesar Jimenez Brito, 40, who was killed during a pipeline explosion, is carried during his Jan. 20, 2019, funeral at a Catholic church in Tlahuelilpan, Mexico.(CNS photo/Henry Romero, Reuters)

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Four last things: A Lenten reflection on death

Mike Aquilina|Feb 26, 2020|7 Min Read

A mosaic portrait of St. Gregory of Narek at the Vatican's St. Peter's Basilica. (Wikimedia Commons)

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The ancient wisdom of Armenia's 'Doctor of Mercy' for the new decade

Mike Aquilina|Jan 9, 2020|7 Min Read

Stained glass of St. Irenaus in St. Irenaeus Church in Lyon, France. (Wikimedia Commons)

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Why isn't St. Irenaeus a doctor of the Church?

Mike Aquilina|Jan 9, 2020|5 Min Read

The Nativity Scene during a Christmas tree lighting ceremony in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 5. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

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The case for the crèche

Mike Aquilina|Dec 16, 2019|6 Min Read

This painting by artist Lalo Garcia seen Nov. 20, 2019, is part of an exhibit in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe and St. Juan Diego at the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles that will be open to the public until Dec. 16. (Archdiocese of Los Angeles)

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How Our Lady of Guadalupe saved both the New World and the Old

Mike Aquilina|Dec 6, 2019|8 Min Read

Christian martyrdom in the early centuries of the Church; vintage engraved illustration. (Shutterstock)

The making and unmaking of the Christian world

Mike Aquilina|Nov 18, 2019|7 Min Read

St. John Henry Newman. (OSV News / Crosiers)

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Cardinal John Newman, the saint who could do it all

Mike Aquilina|Oct 8, 2019|8 Min Read

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