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...

Benedict XVI and Thomas the Twin

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...

Easter Sunday: O Sacred Banquet in which Christ is Received!

Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia (Communion...

Manliness, Courage and the Fear of Death

I recently returned from a trip to visit my family in Montreal and spend some time with old friends in the countryside nearby.  Across...

Josef Pieper on Death and Immortality

“I am the resurrection and the life. He that believes in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives...

Pope Benedict’s Final Christmas Urbi et Orbi

ADDRESS OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI ON THE OCCASION OF CHRISTMAS GREETINGS TO THE ROMAN CURIA Clementine Hall Friday, 21 December 2012 Dear Cardinals, Brother Bishops and Priests, Dear Brothers and...

The Unspoken Heresy of Christ the Wimp

The powerlessness of Jesus.  In a word, it is one of our modern heresies, but it lies hidden in the heart because it is...

The 150th Anniversary of the Declaration of St. Joseph as Patron Saint of the...

Besides celebrating the great solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary, the Mother of God and Our beloved Mother, on December 8th we also...

The Gnostic Roots of Gender Theory

Simone de Beauvoir and Judith Butler are two of the most influential characters in the formulation of the so called ‘Gender Theory’, which in...

The Sanity of Frank Sheed

Frank Sheed (1897-1982) was born in Australia to a Presbyterian father and a Catholic mother. Reared a Protestant, at the age of 16 he...