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Pope Benedict and the Angelic Doctor
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Saint Peter's Square
Wednesday, 2 June 2010
Saint Thomas Aquinas
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
After several Catecheses on the priesthood and on my latest Journeys, today we return to our main theme: meditation on some of...
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Serving One Master
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
St Peter's Square
Sunday, 27 February 2011
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
One of the most moving words of Sacred Scripture rings out in today’s Liturgy. The Holy Spirit has given it to us through the pen...
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Pope Benedict on Matthew
BENEDICT XVI
GENERAL AUDIENCE
Paul VI Audience Hall
Wednesday, 30 August 2006
Matthew
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Continuing the series of portraits of the Twelve Apostles that we began a few weeks ago, let us reflect today on Matthew. To...
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The Canaanite Woman and the Martyrs
BENEDICT XVI
ANGELUS
Castel Gandolfo
Sunday, 14 August 2005
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
On this 20th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the liturgy presents a rare example of faith to us: a Canaanite woman who asks Jesus to heal her...
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On True Treasure
Dear Brothers and Sisters,
Today, the 18th Sunday of Ordinary Time, the Word of God spurs us to reflect on what our relationship with material things should be.
Although wealth is a good in itself, it...
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From Savagery to Love
What follows is an excerpt from Pope (Emeritus) Benedict XVI's last Lenten message, completed in October of 2012; I wonder, as he penned these words on faith and love, whether he was yet contemplating...
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Benedict on Homosexuality and the Priesthood
In a 2011 article, Father Brian Mullady ponders the question of homosexuality in the priesthood, a theme abounding everywhere, except where it might most be expected – namely, the synod on sex abuse currently...
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Excerpts from Pope Benedict’s Last Christmas Homily
Again and again the beauty of this Gospel touches our hearts: a beauty that is the splendour of truth. Again and again it astonishes us that God makes himself a child so that we...
