The Problem of Evil

There is no better way to solve the problem of evil than by starting with a definition of what evil is, or is not....

Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: The Mellifluous Doctor

GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 21 October 2009 Saint Bernard of Clairvaux Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to talk about St Bernard of Clairvaux, called...

Pope Benedict, Saint John Eudes and the Formation of Priests

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Wednesday, 19 August 2009 (Video) Saint John Eudes and the formation of the diocesan clergy Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today is the liturgical Memorial of St...

Saint Helen and Pope John Paul II

August 18th is the traditional feast of St Helen, mother of Emperor Constantine the Great, the Empress who found the Cross of Christ. In...

Our Lady’s Assumption

A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun,and the moon beneath her feet, and on her head a crown of...

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...

Pope John Paul II at Auschwitz: Lessons of Kolbe

APOSTOLIC PILGRIMAGE TO POLAND HOLY MASS AT THE CONCENTRATION CAMP HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Auschwitz-Bierkenau, 7 June 1979   1. "This is the victory that overcomes...

What Is Heaven?

Christians agree that God invites us all to end our lives in a state of being called 'heaven'; that is, in a personal relationship...

There is Much Hope: My Experience at the National Eucharistic Congress

A couple of weeks ago in Indianapolis, IN, 60,000 Catholics gathered together for a five-day National Eucharistic Congress. I was blessed to be one...

19th Sunday: The Merciful Presence of God

And after the earthquake a fire, but the Lord was not in the fire; and after the fire a sound of sheer silence (1 Kings 19:...