Mary Magdalene, Apostle of the Apostles
Vatican City, 10 June 2016 – As expressly wished by the Holy Father, the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments...
Sixteenth Sunday: Keeping It Simple, in Silence
Mary has chosen the better part and it will not be taken from her (Lk. 10: 42). ⧾
In Christian tradition Martha and Mary have...
Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Our Mother and Our Queen
On the Feast of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, we who wear her Scapular and have consecrated ourselves to her, mystically climb the heights...
Pope John Paul II and Our Lady of Mount Carmel
A young Karol Wojtyla, while discerning his vocation as he matured in his hometown of Wadowice, thought of becoming a Carmelite, drawn to their...
Bonaventure and Thomas: Companions in Life and Heaven
(In light of the today's feast of Saint Bonaventure, here are some thoughts on the great Franciscan cardinal, scholastic, doctor of the Church and...
A Message to the Camillians in the Jubilee Year
MESSAGE OF THE HOLY FATHER
TO THE CAMILLIAN FAMILY ON THE 450TH ANNIVERSARY
OF THEIR FOUNDER'S BIRTH
To Fr Angelo Brusco
Superior General of the Order of Clerics
Regular...
Fifteenth Sunday: The Good Samaritan and the Thirst of God
(A blessed Sunday to all our readers. Here’s one from our archives, in a reflection from Father Marco Testa, which bears fruit in reading,...
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...
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...
Fourteenth Sunday: Ite Missa Est!
See I am sending you out like lambs into the midst of wolves (Lk. 10:3). ⧾
The commission of the seventy disciples to go and...