Thursday, October 2, 2025

Pope Benedict and Saint Catherine of Siena

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Hall Wednesday, 24 November 2010 Saint Catherine of Siena Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today I would like to talk to you about a woman...

Per Transisset Sabbatum et Terra Tremuit

For this Sunday's musical offering, here first is John Taverner's (c.1490 - 1545) 'Dum Transisset Sabbatum', signifying Christ's victory over death after His burial....

Subsidiarity Subverted: Mark Carney’s Politics of Power Outside the Moral Law

As Canadians approach the snap federal election on April 28, they must confront a reality more disquieting than any partisan rivalry: the installation of...

Divine Mercy Sunday

‘Reach out your hand and put it in my side. Do not doubt but believe’… ‘My Lord and my God!’ (Jn. 20:18). Today is Low...
The winged Lion of St Mark Statue at St Mark's Basilica in Venice, Italy.

Mark’s Gospel is True History

The four canonical Gospels are without question the four most important books ever written. These books give us an inerrant portrait of Jesus Christ,...

Our Lady’s Good Counsel

Our Lady of Good Counsel - Mater Boni Consilii - is one of the many titles of the Virgin Mary, this one dating back...

Saint Mark and the Resurrection

At Easter Sunday Mass, you heard the closing verses of Saint Mark’s Gospel, or almost so. I say “almost” because our lectionary omits the...

Glimpses Into True Leisure

(A reflection on the proper Catholic notion of 'leisure' from contributor Rebecca Jacobson, fitting for this Easter week of Sundays. Gaudeamus in Domino, quia...

Pope Benedict and Saint Anselm

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Paul VI Audience Hall Wednesday, 23 September 2009 Saint Anselm Dear Brothers and Sisters, The Benedictine Abbey of Sant'Anselmo is located on the Aventine Hill...

The Resurrection was Real, and is the Foundation of our Faith – Alleluia!

(From a Regina Coeli address of Pope Saint John Paul II, April 21st, 1996): Dear Brothers and Sisters, 1. In the liturgical season running from Easter...