Friday, August 22, 2025

The Message of Pope Benedict for Lent from 2010

MESSAGE OF HIS HOLINESS BENEDICT XVI FOR LENT 2010   “The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ” (cf. Rm 3, 21-22)   Dear Brothers and Sisters! Each year,...

Pope Francis and Lent

(I realize many of us have some difficulty with Pope Francis - and the Church seems to be in a perpetual penitential mode of...

Tammy

(The following is a true story, recently sent to me, which I thought would help others. The author graciously agreed to have this published,...

The Holy Season of Lent

‘Worship the Lord your God, and serve only Him’ (Mt. 4:11). On Ash Wednesday we begin the observance of the holy season of Lent with...

Where Conservatives and Liberals Disagree

Any definition of conservatism includes the desire to hold on to and save whatever is good and valuable. Since religion concerns itself above all...
Pope St. John Paul II

Homily at the Mass of Blessed Josephine Bakhita

APOSTOLIC JOURNEY TO BENIN, UGANDA AND KHARTOUM (SUDAN) EUCHARISTIC CONCELEBRATION IN HONOR OF BLESSED JOSEPHINE BAKHITA HOMILY OF HIS HOLINESS JOHN PAUL II Green Square, Khartoum (Sudan) Wednesday, 10 February 1993   "Come...

Why We Need Norman Rockwell

If there’s one thing the seemingly ever-lingering 'pandemic' has inflicted, it’s a strain on ordinary human interaction. In November of 2021, when many long-closed museums...

The Term Pre-Embryo Within the Abortion Debate

It has been suggested by some, primarily within the pro-life movement, that the term pre-embryo should not be used in discussing the stages of...

The Message of the Presentation

Are there passages from the Bible that frighten you, or at least make you think twice about yourself and your behaviour? Thomas Merton—a well-known...

Candlemas and the Keeping of the Law

When the time came for their purification according to the law of Moses, Mary and Joseph brought the child Jesus up to Jerusalem to...