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Pope Benedict XVI

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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Benedict and Gregory

Today is the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time, but is also the 3rd of September, which would be the memorial of the one of the greatest of Popes, Saint Gregory the Great.  Here, from...

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