Pope Benedict on Saint Benedict

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE St Peter's Square Wednesday, 9 April 2008 Saint Benedict of Norcia Dear Brothers and Sisters, Today, I would like to speak about Benedict, the Founder of...

That All May Be One

“I pray that all of them may be one, Father, just as you are in me and I am in you. May they also...

Myriads of Martyrs for China

Through the centuries there have been untold thousands of martyrs in China, and July 9th is chosen as the day to commemorate them, for...

Images in the Time of Shadows: A Poem

Images in the Time of Shadows   A dove sits in the tree of life in the genesis of mist - a tracery for the vale of tears...
Pope St. John Paul II

John Paul II’s Homily on the Hundredth Anniversary of Maria Goretti

MESSAGE OF JOHN PAUL II TO THE BISHOP OF ALBANO FOR THE CENTENARY OF THE DEATH OF ST. MARIA GORETTI To my Venerable Brother Bishop Agostino Vallini of...

Chanting the Lord’s Prayer in Scotch Gaelic

Some languages are more similar than others, and some in ways we may not expect. One would not put ecclesiastical Latin and Scotch Gaelic...

Pope Benedict and Saint Thomas the Apostle

BENEDICT XVI GENERAL AUDIENCE Saint Peter's Square Wednesday, 27 September 2006 Thomas the twin Dear Brothers and Sisters, Continuing our encounters with the Twelve Apostles chosen directly by Jesus, today...

The Myth of “Hitler’s Pope”

Now and then we hear someone who is not well educated in history complain that Hitler was a Catholic and that the Vatican was...

Thirteenth Sunday: Theodicy, God and Evil

For God created man for incorruption, and made him the image of his own eternity, but through the devil’s envy death entered the world,...

Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul

FEAST OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL HOLY MASS FOR THE IMPOSITION OF THE SACRED PALLIUM ON METROPOLITAN ARCHBISHOPS HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI Vatican Basilica Friday,...