Assumption and the Resurrection
A blessed and glorious solemnity of the Assumption to one and all! A day commemorating the taking up of the Blessed Virgin Mary, body...
Saints Edith Stein and Maximilian Kolbe: Witnesses to Hope
The philosopher and Carmelite Edith Stein (Saint Teresa Benedicta a Cruce was her name in religion), and the Franciscan priest Maximilian Kolbe were put...
The Long Shadow of Hiroshima
I post this again, indeed each year, in light of 'never forget', so that evil will 'never be repeated. For on this feast of...
An Unsporstmanlike Sports Minister
Readers may have heard of Adam van Koeverden, who won Olympic medals for Canada in kayaking in the first two decades of this millennium....
Pope Benedict and the Priesthood
(The holiness of the Church - and hence the salvation of the world - depends much upon the holiness of her priests. Hence, these...
Pope Benedict and Saint Eusebius of Vercelli
This morning I invite you to reflect on St Eusebius of Vercelli, the first Bishop of Northern Italy of whom we have reliable information....
The Plenary Indulgence of the Portiuncula, or, Our Lady of the Angels
On 2nd August the universal Church celebrates what is called The Pardon of Assisi. This great feast, which ranks as a solemnity within the Franciscan...
Pope Benedict and Saint Ignatius
(Excerpt from an address given April 22, 2006 )
St Ignatius of Loyola was first and foremost a man of God who in his life...
Pope Benedict and Martha’s Way
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
Courtyard of the Papal Residence, Castel Gandolfo
Sunday, 18 July 2010
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
We are now in the heart of summer, at least in...
Once and Future Catholic Queen
In a reflection this morning on Saint Joan of Arc – meditating on an evocative impressionist painting of the young Maid of Orleans -...
